An Autistic and ADHD Journey
Re-writing a New Identity Post-Discovery
Author(s): Rachel Winder

Discover what it means to learn later in life of an Autistic and ADHD (AuDHD) identity, and how that can help reshape a life.

Collection: Disability Studies
Publication Date 24 March, 2026 Available in all formats
ISBN: 9781918026955
Pages: 222

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What does it mean to discover later in life an AuDHD identity and what impact does that have on an individual’s sense of self?

Author Rachel Winder explores how 40 years of not knowing her AuDHD identity impacted her life – from Autistic masking (a subconscious survival tactic to camouflage social differences and so avoid unwanted attention and rejection), through to developing complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD). Discovering her neurodivergent identity gave her the tools to shed harmful and incorrect labels and to see her life through an AuDHD lens.

An Autistic-ADHD Journey explores a brief history of Autism alongside the author’s unique lived experiences that aim to dispel the many harmful misconceptions surrounding Autism and ADHD. This book takes you one person closer to knowing more about AuDHD.

Through the exploration of a complex and shifting understanding of self, this book is ideal reading for AuDHD folk and allies, anyone wishing to understand Autism and ADHD more, carers, mental health practitioners, Medical Students, and students of Disability Studies, Autism and AuDHD Studies, and Mental Health Studies.

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  • Rachel Winder, BA (Hons), QTLS, PgCert Autism, MA Autism, is an Autistic-ADHD autism consultant, educator, and researcher who integrates lived experience with academic scholarship. She has over two decades of experience supporting Autistic, Deaf, and Deaf-Blind communities

    Rachel Winder is from Matlock, Derbyshire, where she spent the first 27 years of her life. Matlock is well known for its history as a spa town and as a birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

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    What does it mean to discover later in life an AuDHD identity and what impact does that have on an individual’s sense of self?

    Author Rachel Winder explores how 40 years of not knowing her AuDHD identity impacted her life – from Autistic masking (a subconscious survival tactic to camouflage social differences and so avoid unwanted attention and rejection), through to developing complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (cPTSD). Discovering her neurodivergent identity gave her the tools to shed harmful and incorrect labels and to see her life through an AuDHD lens.

    An Autistic-ADHD Journey explores a brief history of Autism alongside the author’s unique lived experiences that aim to dispel the many harmful misconceptions surrounding Autism and ADHD. This book takes you one person closer to knowing more about AuDHD.

    Through the exploration of a complex and shifting understanding of self, this book is ideal reading for AuDHD folk and allies, anyone wishing to understand Autism and ADHD more, carers, mental health practitioners, Medical Students, and students of Disability Studies, Autism and AuDHD Studies, and Mental Health Studies.

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  • About The Author

    Rachel Winder, BA (Hons), QTLS, PgCert Autism, MA Autism, is an Autistic-ADHD autism consultant, educator, and researcher who integrates lived experience with academic scholarship. She has over two decades of experience supporting Autistic, Deaf, and Deaf-Blind communities

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