Things I actually use or recommend. Every link opens somewhere else — nothing here is mine to sell, and the list stays short on purpose.
Books
Six worth your time. If you are newly diagnosed, start with the first one in each pair.
Driven to Distraction
Edward Hallowell & John Ratey
The book most people are handed after a late diagnosis. Explains what ADHD actually is, without the shame.
Scattered Minds
Gabor Mate
Looks at ADHD through development and environment rather than deficit. Useful if the standard framing never fit you.
Unmasking Autism
Devon Price
On the cost of masking and what happens when you stop. The clearest book on late-diagnosed autism in adults.
Your Brain's Not Broken
Tamara Rosier
Practical, emotion-first. Deals with the shame spiral and the crash after hyperfocus.
How to Keep House While Drowning
KC Davis
Short, kind, and the best thing written on functioning during low-capacity weeks.
Company of One
Paul Jarvis
The case for staying deliberately small. A useful counterweight when everyone tells you to scale.
Tools
Software that assumes your capacity changes day to day. Most have a free tier, so try before paying.
Focusmate
Body doubling
Books you a silent video session with a stranger who is also working. The single highest-leverage tool for task initiation.
Todoist
Task capture
Fast enough to catch a thought before it is gone. Type it in plain language and it files itself.
Google Calendar
Time made visible
Block the work, not just the meetings. Seeing the day laid out is the cheapest fix for time blindness.
Sunsama
Daily planner
Forces one deliberate planning pass a day and asks how long things will take. Good for time blindness.
Notion
Second brain
Flexible enough to hold your systems in one place. Also flexible enough to become a procrastination project, so start small.
Make
Automation
Visual automation between the apps you already use. Automate the tasks you will never do reliably.
Otter.ai
Capture
Records and transcribes calls so you can stay in the conversation instead of taking notes.
Learn more
Free, credible places to read and watch when you want to go deeper.
ADDitude
Magazine and archive
Deep, well-sourced articles on adult ADHD, including work and money. Free to read.
ADDA
Adults only
The adult ADHD organisation. Peer support groups, work and productivity webinars, run by and for adults.
Embrace Autism
Assessment library
Every major autism screening instrument, free, with the research behind each one.
How to ADHD
YouTube channel
Short, well-researched videos. Good on days when reading is not happening.
Book links go to Amazon search results so they keep working. Cover images come from Open Library; site images are live screenshots. I am not paid to recommend anything on this page.