Guides
Plain-English, source-backed guides to adult ADHD, autism, AuDHD, masking, burnout, executive function, screening tools and what therapy and assessment cost in Australia.
In brief. Plain-English guides to ADHD, autism and neurodivergence in adults, written for Australians, with sources listed and clinical review noted on every page. Nothing here is a diagnosis; the free self-tests are screens, and the finder lists practitioners who can take it further.
ADHD in adults
ADHD symptoms in adults
The full checklist, in plain English.
SymptomsADHD symptoms in women
The quiet, internal presentation clinicians missed.
SymptomsADHD in men
Anger, risk, restlessness and why adult men stop asking.
PresentationInattentive ADHD (ADD)
The presentation most often picked up in adulthood.
MechanismExecutive dysfunction
Planning, starting, switching and finishing, and why willpower is the wrong tool.
MechanismADHD paralysis
Frozen in front of a task you know how to do.
MechanismTime blindness
Why time is "now" or "not now".
MechanismHyperfocus
The other side of attention.
EmotionEmotional dysregulation
Why feelings run hot and recover fast.
EmotionRejection sensitive dysphoria
The rejection reflex and what helps.
Co-occurringADHD and anxiety
How they overlap and how clinicians tell them apart.
Co-occurringADHD and depression
When depression that will not lift has ADHD underneath.
Daily lifeADHD and sleep
The late body clock and the midnight brain.
Daily lifeADHD at work
Strengths, struggles and adjustments that cost nothing.
Daily lifeADHD and relationships
The patterns that hurt and how couples fix them.
DiagnosisLate ADHD diagnosis
Grief, relief and the first year after.
DiagnosisHow to get an ADHD diagnosis
The Australian pathway, step by step.
TreatmentHow ADHD prescribing works
Who can prescribe in each state, and how reviews work.
Autism in adults
Signs of autism in adults
What late recognition looks like.
SignsAutism in women
Why it is missed and what it looks like.
ExperienceAutistic masking
What it costs and how to unmask safely.
ExperienceAutistic burnout
Signs, causes and recovery.
ExperienceMeltdowns and shutdowns
Involuntary responses to overload.
ExperienceSensory processing
Overload, seeking and adjustments.
ExperienceStimming
Why it happens and why it matters.
ProfilePDA in adults
The persistent drive for autonomy.
Co-occurringAutism and anxiety
Why they go together and what helps.
AssessmentAdult autism assessment
How it works in Australia.
ADHD and autism together
AuDHD
When ADHD and autism travel together.
ComparisonADHD vs autism
Differences, overlap and why many people have both.
LanguageWhat neurodivergent means
The words and what they cover.
TherapyNeurodiversity-affirming therapy
What it is and how to find it.
Screening tools explained
The ASRS screener
The six questions behind most ADHD tests.
AutismThe AQ-10
Ten questions, and where they fall short.
AutismThe RAADS-R
The 80-question adult scale.
MaskingThe CAT-Q
Measuring camouflaging.
Costs and Medicare
What a psychologist costs
Live 2026 fees and gaps.
MedicareMedicare rebates explained
Rates, the ten-session rule, how to claim.
AssessmentADHD assessment cost
What you pay and what comes back.
AssessmentAutism assessment cost
Adult assessment prices in 2026.
How these guides are written and reviewed
Each guide is written by the Inner Help clinical content team against the Australian ADHD Guideline (AADPA, 2022), the Autism CRC national guideline for assessment, the DSM-5-TR and MBS Online, with sources listed at the foot of the page. Every guide shows its last-updated date, and the name and registration of the reviewing clinician once clinical review is complete. We do not publish testimonials, we do not rank practitioners, and we do not name prescription medicines. If you find an error, tell us.
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Sources and review
Last updated 2026-09-14.