Screaming babies at 30,000 feet
Trapped on a plane with eight screaming babies, an AuDHD brain learns the real lesson: sensory disasters are design f...
By James H. Gordy
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Turtlenecks all the way down
I spent weeks diagnosing a mystery neck problem. It was my jumper. On interoception, late-arriving body signals, and ...
By James H. Gordy
My cat is louder than my headphones
My cat's scream cuts straight through noise cancelling headphones. On loving an animal that trips your worst sensory ...
By James H. Gordy
My Glasses Are Now an Audio Plugin
I make music as Box of Rules. This month I turned Focus Frames into a free audio plugin called Focus, and a stranger ...
By James H. Gordy
The Bottom of the Ocean: Light Is Noise, and You Can Switch It Off
How a blackout sheet, a roll of velcro and months of stubborn iteration finally fixed my AuDHD sleep. Light is noise,...
By James H. Gordy
Heatwave or Hatewave? Surviving British Summer When You're AuDHD
Sensory survival tactics for getting through a British heatwave on an AuDHD nervous system: cooling your space, tamin...
By James H. Gordy
How My Autism Processes Dramatic Life Changes
When my partner and I were evicted, my autistic brain followed a predictable spiral. These are the six stages I go th...
By James H. Gordy
I Got Scammed and I Slightly Blame My AuDHD
I fell victim to a phishing scam and ended the day roughly £400 poorer than when I woke up. When the penny dropped an...
By James H. Gordy
My Sensory Survival Kit: 6 Things I Never Leave the House Without
A field-tested everyday carry for the ADHD brain. From Focus Frames to silicon earplugs: six tools that reduce sensor...
By James H. Gordy
Best Earplugs for Sensory Overload (2026): Foam vs Loop vs Silicon, Ranked
Foam, Loop, Happy Ears, silicon — every kind of earplug we tested for sensory overload, ranked from worst to best. Wh...
By James H. Gordy