Dr Becky Quicke

Definitely with babies, it's distress, it's crying. It's distress. And for parents, it's tricky to help to regulate a baby that becomes that overstimulated. So it's about kind of...

Definitely with babies, it's distress, it's crying. It's distress. And for parents, it's tricky to help to regulate a baby that becomes that overstimulated. So it's about kind of...

Managing that and letting there to be a little bit of stimulation, but actually making sure that's not very much and creating an environment where then you drop the stimulation so that the body doesn't become totally dysregulated. Because an autistic and ADHD body and ADHD to a certain extent as well is a very permeable in terms of sensory, the sensory stimulation process.

Managing that and letting there to be a little bit of stimulation, but actually making sure that's not very much and creating an environment where then you drop the stimulation so that the body doesn't become totally dysregulated. Because an autistic and ADHD body and ADHD to a certain extent as well is a very permeable in terms of sensory, the sensory stimulation process.

just kind of comes in from the outside world. And like I say, the body's very permeable and it feels it really intensely. And so obviously until a baby child is able to develop their own ways of regulating, then they become, yeah.

just kind of comes in from the outside world. And like I say, the body's very permeable and it feels it really intensely. And so obviously until a baby child is able to develop their own ways of regulating, then they become, yeah.

very dysregulated and then it can be um expressed similarly you know toddlers this is really is i think this is really interesting thing about toddler tantrums versus meltdowns and you know overwhelm um and they are different they really are different i think that's and it's really i guess it's tricky for parents to know and a lot of parents feel like oh this is

very dysregulated and then it can be um expressed similarly you know toddlers this is really is i think this is really interesting thing about toddler tantrums versus meltdowns and you know overwhelm um and they are different they really are different i think that's and it's really i guess it's tricky for parents to know and a lot of parents feel like oh this is

you know, toddler tantrums, it's a terrible twos and things like that. But actually what parents have described to me is it's different. It's really quite, it's quite extreme. And it's really, really distressing for some parents. And obviously for the child themselves to be feeling such extreme kind of overwhelm.

you know, toddler tantrums, it's a terrible twos and things like that. But actually what parents have described to me is it's different. It's really quite, it's quite extreme. And it's really, really distressing for some parents. And obviously for the child themselves to be feeling such extreme kind of overwhelm.

Yeah, they can kind of, I mean, that happens, we get women who come in for screening call and assessment and absolutely that's been their experiences. They kind of, oh, I'm not one and I'm not the other, but actually quite often they're both.

Yeah, they can kind of, I mean, that happens, we get women who come in for screening call and assessment and absolutely that's been their experiences. They kind of, oh, I'm not one and I'm not the other, but actually quite often they're both.

But there is quite a lot of talk of them kind of almost cancelling each other out and it not being shown, but also I think it's really important to say that they intensify each other as well.

But there is quite a lot of talk of them kind of almost cancelling each other out and it not being shown, but also I think it's really important to say that they intensify each other as well.

So I always think that like ADHD almost like can really intensify the autistic experience and it can be, you know, it can really kind of almost put a rocket underneath things and intensify the emotional experiences or, and it can make it very, very difficult, or they can, it can actually, they can work beautifully together. I mean, some people have said that, that it works really well.

So I always think that like ADHD almost like can really intensify the autistic experience and it can be, you know, it can really kind of almost put a rocket underneath things and intensify the emotional experiences or, and it can make it very, very difficult, or they can, it can actually, they can work beautifully together. I mean, some people have said that, that it works really well.

And actually it's meant that they're able, you know, they are able to develop strategies to organise themselves, but actually it doesn't come, it's not easy or intuitive to be organised. And actually the attention does get pulled and it's hard to regulate the attention, but... Actually, they really want to have that sense of kind of feeling organised and things being predictable.

And actually it's meant that they're able, you know, they are able to develop strategies to organise themselves, but actually it doesn't come, it's not easy or intuitive to be organised. And actually the attention does get pulled and it's hard to regulate the attention, but... Actually, they really want to have that sense of kind of feeling organised and things being predictable.

And so some people talk about them working beautifully together. And I think that's really important to talk about. It can be experienced differently.

And so some people talk about them working beautifully together. And I think that's really important to talk about. It can be experienced differently.