That AuDHD Teacher

AuDHD, teaching, neurodivergence, and figuring it out along the way.

Welcome to That AuDHD Teacher. I’m Emily, an early childhood teacher from Aotearoa New Zealand, and I’m autistic and ADHD.

I started That AuDHD Teacher to create a space for honest conversations about what it can actually be like to be AuDHD, particularly when you’re also working in education.

This isn’t a space where I have all the answers.

It’s a space for sharing experiences, learning, asking questions and making sense of the things that sometimes don’t make sense until you have the words for them.

Hi, I’m Emily

For a long time, I didn’t know I was autistic or ADHD. I was diagnosed with Autism and ADHD at 28 years old.

Looking back, those diagnoses helped me understand so many experiences that I’d previously just thought were me.

The exhaustion. The overwhelm. The masking. The executive functioning struggles. The emotional intensity. The things I could do incredibly well, and the things that seemed inexplicably difficult.

And because I’m also a teacher, I’ve become particularly interested in what AuDHD can look like in education.

How does neurodivergence affect the way we experience teaching? Why can some parts of the job feel completely natural while others leave us absolutely exhausted? What happens when the strategies we’ve used to cope for years stop working? And what does it look like to build a career that works with our brains rather than constantly against them?

These are some of the questions I’m exploring here.

🎙️ The That AuDHD Teacher Podcast

The That AuDHD Teacher podcast is where I talk about AuDHD, late diagnosis, teaching and all of the things I’ve been learning along the way. Some episodes are personal. Some are educational. Some are a mixture of both.

We’ll talk about things like:

• AuDHD
• Masking
• Burnout
• Executive functioning
• RSD
• Sensory overwhelm
• Late diagnosis
• Autism and ADHD assessments
• Teaching while neurodivergent

If you’ve ever wondered “Is it just me?”, you’re in the right place.

📝 From the Blog

The blog is where I go a little deeper.

You’ll find companion posts for podcast episodes, as well as standalone articles exploring AuDHD, neurodivergence and teaching.

You might find personal reflections, explanations of AuDHD experiences, things I’ve learned since diagnosis, and conversations about what neurodivergence can look like in education.

🎧 From the Podcast

Companion articles that expand on episodes of That AuDHD Teacher.

🧠 AuDHD and Teaching

Standalone posts exploring topics around neurodivergence, education and the experiences of teachers.

You don’t have to have it all figured out.

Maybe you’re newly diagnosed. Maybe you’re wondering if you’re neurodivergent. Maybe you’ve known for years. Maybe you’re a teacher trying to understand yourself a little better. Or maybe you’re simply curious and want to learn

Wherever you are in your journey, I hope you find something here that makes you stop and think: “Oh. It’s not just me.”

Welcome to That AuDHD Teacher.