This is the title and abstract of my paper about neurodiversity that I will be presenting at the Water Industry Operations Group NZ (WIOG) annual conference in May 2026 at Rotorua. Being a AuDHD electronics and software engineer, I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be a part
I am autistic, adhd and have auditory processing disorder (APD) and what I just experienced is a beautiful example of what it can be like living with all three of these at the same time. Firstly let me describe what happened and then I'll look at the reasons
Being an engineering nerd, I find the best way to understand something is to write about it. And that applies to my AuDHD brain too. So here is my AuDHD experience for today. I did not have the best sleep last night. I woke up at 3:00am and didn&
Since I discovered I have bad interoception last year I have kind of got to know more about my body including the fact that I don't consciously perceive all of what's going on in it. I had a really long day yesterday and as a result
There are some periods in which my autism and ADHD really limit what I can do because my available capacity is just way too low. In other words I'm just plain out of spoons. During these periods even basic things like typing feel almost impossible. Late this afternoon
Slowly over the last few weeks, I have noticed a distinct increase in my excitement over my current project as I work on it more and more. Finding the NATS protocol has definitely helped a lot. It's almost like the designers of NATS were in my head and
My ADHD has this habit of writing checks that my autism can’t cash. It usually goes like this. ADHD gets all excited about going out (something my autism generally doesn’t like): dinner at a restaurant with friends, going to a movie, concert etc. So I end up going
It’s neurodiversity celebration week and I wanted to mark it by describing just a little of what makes my brain neurodivergent. So here are some of the ways in which I experience the world that may surprise you. I have AuDHD (Autism and ADHD), global aphantasia and SDAM (Severely
I just got back to my office from dropping my wife off at her teaching job and doing some supermarket shopping. I have autism and AuDHD and my brain was gong at a million miles an hour thinking of all the things I need to do. My autism was getting
I was diagnosed with autism last December and have ADHD as well. As my autism continues to come out, I find my senses and especially the way I experience the world around me is changing in all sorts of unexpected ways. Yesterday was the second time I’ve been to
This is the story of my first long haul flight with my autism fully in control and the surprising events that occurred.
Jack talks about his experience of ADHD, Dyslexia and Aphantasia in a delightful and entertaining talk.
News
For the last year I have been recording my autism and ADHD journey through writing and videos. With this new website I will be releasing these in a curated manner in the hope that they will be of help to others. This will take some time, so check back regularly
Video
A friend asked me to make a 5-minute video about what it’s like for me being neurodivergent for a presentation she’s doing for teachers at her college. This is my very first video on my new channel. This is part of my lived experience. I’m not a
By Jack Penman, 31 January 2026 Singapore We went to the Old Airport Road hawker centre (large open-air places in Singapore, full of hawker food stalls), yesterday afternoon for dinner, which is no big deal, I’ve been to hawker centres hundreds of times, but this time my autism decided