Blog & Inspiration
Apps for inspiration
The recommendations on this page are based on my own experience and are shared for inspiration. Love U First has no paid partnerships with the apps, products, or sources shown here.
Impulse
An app with games and activities covering areas such as memory and logic.
memoryOS
An app with memory games and activities involving memory techniques.
Finch
Finch is an app for personal daily habits, reflection, and short exercises. It is only an optional supplement, not treatment. Basic features are free, and Finch Plus is optional.
Books
Books that have inspired my practice and my clients
My own book — a practical guide filled with simple but effective exercises for self-reflection and personal growth. Perfect for gaining more clarity, self-worth, and joy.
An updated, research-based guide to living well with ADHD — with concrete strategies and a positive, strength-based approach.
Explains how our bodies hold trauma and stress — and the paths that lead to healing. Essential for anyone working with the nervous system.
A powerful and courageous book about listening to yourself, breaking free from others' expectations, and living an authentic life.
A classic for adults with ADHD. Practical, friendly and validating — and a huge help in understanding what is happening in your brain.
Alex Partridge’s account of receiving an ADHD diagnosis.
Perspectives and everyday strategies for adults with ADHD.
An extensive book on autism using the historical term Asperger’s syndrome in its title.
On self-acceptance and barriers faced by women with ADHD.
On women’s experiences of attention difficulties.
On hormones and ADHD across women’s lives.
Book
Autism and Girls
Tony Attwood, Temple Grandin, Catherine Faherty, Jennifer McIlwee-Myers, Ruth Snyder, Sheila Wagner, Mary Wrobel, Lisa Iland, Teresa Bolick
Perspectives on everyday life for autistic girls and women.
On navigating a world shaped by neurotypical norms.
A personal account of autism and other people’s expectations.
Perspectives on therapy from an autistic standpoint.
On social relationships from autistic perspectives.
A guide for parents of children with ADHD.
On ADHD at work, at home and in relationships.
On recognising and understanding attention difficulties.
Podcasts
Podcasts I listen to and recommend
Organisations
Here you can find external organisations offering information, advice or communities. Love U First is not responsible for the content or updates on external websites.
Articles, research and webinars
Article
Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage
Harvard Business Review
Neurodiversity at work.
Article
ADHD hos kvinder: Hvad er symptomerne?
Illustreret Videnskab
Danish article about ADHD in women and late recognition.
Webinar
AuDHD Guidance: Why Autism Is So Difficult to Diagnose in Women and Girls with ADHD
ADDitude · webinar #511
Webinar on co-occurring autism and ADHD in women and girls.
Article
Signs of Autism in Women with ADHD
ADDitude
An article on recognising autism in women with ADHD.
Research
Mænd og kvinder med ADHD har forskellige risici for komorbiditet
Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri · forskning fra Universitetet i Bergen
Danish research summary on ADHD and co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses.
PDF
Tandbørstningsprojektet
Region Hovedstaden · Psykoterapeutisk ambulatorium
Direct link to the Danish project material as a PDF.
Official diagnostic criteria and guidelines
Find official ADHD and autism sources from WHO, the United States and the United Kingdom, alongside information on Danish diagnostic classification. WHO manuals are international sources; they do not establish that every EU country uses the same version. Diagnostic criteria and clinical guidelines are identified separately.
Official source
WHO — autism in ICD-11
Official clinical diagnostic requirements. CDDR, 2024, section 6A02; printed pages 124–125.
Official source
WHO — ADHD in ICD-11
Official clinical diagnostic requirements. CDDR, 2024, section 6A05; printed pages 142–143.
Official source
WHO — ICD-10
Clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines from 1992. The research criteria from 1993 are a separate manual.
Official source
Denmark — classification and ICD-11
The Danish Health Data Authority describes Danish coding as ICD-10 with national extensions. See also its information on the transition to ICD-11.
Official source
APA — DSM-5-TR and updates
DSM-5-TR was published in 2022. APA publishes approved changes to criteria and text; this link is not the complete manual.
Official source
CDC — ADHD diagnostic criteria
Public overview with shortened DSM-5 criteria and additional requirements. The page concerns clinical care of children and also includes a symptom threshold for people aged 17 and over.
Official source
CDC — autism diagnostic criteria
Public presentation of DSM-5 criteria on a page about assessment in children. DSM-5 and DSM-5-TR should not be confused.
Official source
NICE — ADHD assessment
NG87, section 1.3: a clinical guideline referring to DSM-5 or ICD-11. It describes professional assessment; it is not a separate diagnostic manual.
Official source
NICE — autism assessment in adults
CG142, updated 14 June 2021, section 1.2. A clinical guideline on identification and comprehensive professional assessment of adults.
Official source
AuDHD — autism and ADHD together
AuDHD refers to autism and ADHD together. WHO describes that both diagnoses may be assigned when the requirements for each are met. See the NHS explanation and WHO CDDR, printed page 131.