Free Resources
A curated collection of free, research-informed, neurodivergent-affirming tools created by Dr. Megan Anna Neff and the Neurodivergent Insights team.
Whether you’re newly identified, exploring identity more deeply, navigating autistic burnout, or simply trying to understand your nervous system, these resources are here to support you.
A starting place for understanding your mind
Questioning or Newly Identified?
If you’re at the beginning, questioning, exploring, or newly diagnosed, these resources introduce core concepts and offer foundational language.
Glossary of Neurodivergent Terms (A–Z Database)
The Story Behind Rising Autism Rates (Video)
Neurodiversity Core Concepts (Download)
ADHD vs. Autism Overlaps and Differences (Article)
Free, Online ADHD & Autism Screeners (Article)
Downloads, Videos, & Reference
Articles
Going Deeper: Identity, Intersectionality & Emotions
For neurodivergent adults wishing to explore nuance, identity, cross-neurotype communication, emotions, and relational differences.
Downloads
Understanding the Lost Generation (Visual Guide)
What Ableism Looks Like (Visual Guide)
Disability Pride
(Visual Guide)
The Double Empathy Problem (Visual Guide)
The Emotion Matrix
(Download)
Cross-Neurotype Comms (Visual Guide)
If You're in Autistic or AuDHD Burnout
If you’re feeling exhausted, disconnected, or unable to function the way you used to, these resources can help.
Downloads
The Causes of Autistic Burnout (Visual Guide)
ADHD Burnout Cycles
(Visual Guide)
Autistic Burnout vs. Depression (Visual Guide)
The Autistic Burnout Roadmap
A free 5‑email mini‑course
A short, gentle email series to help you name Autistic burnout, understand why you’re so tired, and begin imagining a life that asks less from your nervous system.
- Learn what autistic burnout is (and isn’t)
- See how masking, sensory load, and nervous system threat states fuel burnout
- Get the “faucet and bucket” framework for mapping your own capacity
- Try tiny, optional practices for regulation and self‑compassion
- Receive downloadable visuals/worksheets with each email
In this free 5‑email series, you’ll:
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Additional Burnout Resources
Our burnout resources includes in-depth articles, visual guides, and educational tools exploring: what autistic burnout is, what causes it, how it differs from depression, nervous system implications, and early recovery scaffolding.
Sensory & Nervous System Support
When overwhelm is sensory or nervous-system driven, our resources help make sense of neurodivergent experiences.
Downloads
Additional Sensory Resources
Our burnout resources includes in-depth articles, visual guides, and educational tools exploring: what autistic burnout is, what causes it, how it differs from depression, nervous system implications, and early recovery scaffolding.
Completing the Stress Cycle (Visual Guide)
Sensory Trigger Checklist (Worksheet)
What Is The Nervous System? (Download)
This free workbook was created to support people navigating an ARFID setback from someone on our NDI team who just went through one. It includes practical exercises and templates to help you figure out what’s happening, what can make eating even just a little easier, and how you can find words for needs that can be hard to express.
The ARFID Workbook
For Moments of Distress or Shutdown
Downloads
The Neurodivergent Adapted Safety Plan (“Help Me Stay” Plan Workbook)
Grounding Exercises (Worksheet)
Crisis Resources
Our crisis resource page offers affirming crisis and suicide prevention support specifically for neurodivergent adults, caregivers, and clinicians. You'll find guidance on crisis lines, peer-led support, safety planning, and more.
How We Keep These Free
Everything on this page is free. Some of our workbooks and courses are paid, and those purchases are what make the free resources possible. They pay our small team and fund the next thing we make. If you've ever bought something from us, thank you. You helped put this page together.
We also know cost is a real barrier for a lot of people. We offer scholarships on selected courses, currently The Autistic Burnout Course. You can apply here:
