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Daily life
Planning, routines, paperwork, technology and low-pressure downtime.
29 practical questions
Sensory & environment
Noise, light, touch, overload, travel and making environments easier to use.
15 practical questions
Communication
Phone calls, processing time, AAC, written communication and mixed communication needs.
6 practical questions
Work
Adjustments, disclosure, interviews, job-search support and staying in work.
8 practical questions
Education & study
Organisation, study support, exams, school or college access and transitions.
10 practical questions
Assessment & diagnosis
Assessment routes, waiting, private options, next steps and condition-specific information.
38 practical questions
Health & wellbeing
Mental wellbeing, healthcare access, sleep, food, burnout and everyday health support.
33 practical questions
Relationships & community
Partners, family, parenting, peer support, organisations and community participation.
29 practical questions
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Daily life & technology
- I keep losing track of tasks or struggle to get started. What might help me organise the next step?
- What can I check if my computer, tablet or phone is harder to use than it needs to be?
- Planning meals, shopping or cooking keeps falling apart. What can I simplify?
- Household chores keep turning into one huge impossible task. How can I reduce the load?
- I lose track of what I need before appointments. What can I prepare in advance?
- Changing from one task, place or plan to another is hard. What can make transitions less abrupt?
Sensory & environment
- How can I make a noisy, bright or busy place easier to use?
- I get overwhelmed by sensory input. What can I change first?
- Clothing seams, labels, pressure or fabric feel unbearable. What variables can I change?
- Temperature, smells or tastes overwhelm me even when a place is not noisy or bright. What can I inspect?
- Travel environments overload me. What can I plan before a journey?
Communication
- Where can I learn about AAC or communication that does not depend on speech?
- Phone calls are difficult for me. What alternatives or supports can I inspect?
- I need more processing time in conversations or meetings. What can I ask for or use?
- I communicate more clearly in writing than in live speech. How can I make that preference usable?
- Phone calls are a barrier. How can I ask a service whether I can use email, text, webchat or another contact method?
- People with different communication styles keep misunderstanding each other. How can we examine the mismatch without deciding one person communicates 'wrong'?
Work
- Where can I look for workplace support in Great Britain if disability or a health condition affects my work?
- What should I look at if I need reasonable adjustments at work in Great Britain?
- Where can I look for disability-related support if I am trying to find paid work in the UK?
- Do I have to disclose neurodivergence or disability at work to ask for support?
- What can I inspect if I need adjustments for a job application or interview in Great Britain?
- I am struggling to stay in work and performance concerns have started. How can I separate support needs from the formal process?
- My employer has mentioned occupational health. What questions can I prepare without assuming occupational health decides my job or diagnosis?
- I am self-employed and disabled or neurodivergent. What work-support routes can I inspect in the UK?
Education & study
- Where can I look for disability-related study support in higher education in England?
- Where can I look for disability-related study support in higher education in Scotland?
- Where can I look for disability-related study support in higher education in Wales?
- Where can I look for disability-related study support in higher education in Northern Ireland?
- I lose track of study tasks and assignments. What tools or supports can I inspect?
- Where can I check SEND support and legal routes for a child or young person in England?
- Exams or timed assessments create disability-related barriers. What can I ask my school, college or university about?
- Listening, processing and taking notes at the same time is too much. What study-access options can I inspect?
- A move between school, college or post-school provision needs extra planning. Where can I find the relevant transition framework in the UK?
- An autistic child is struggling to attend school. What barriers and support steps are worth exploring?
Assessment & diagnosis
- How do I start looking into an adult ADHD assessment in England?
- How do I start looking into an adult autism assessment in England?
- How do I start looking into an adult ADHD assessment in Scotland?
- How do I start looking into an adult autism assessment in Scotland?
- How do I start looking into an adult ADHD assessment in Wales?
- How do I start looking into an adult autism assessment in Wales?
- How do I start looking into an adult ADHD assessment in Northern Ireland?
- How do I start looking into an adult autism assessment in Northern Ireland?
- How do I seek an ADHD assessment for a child or young person in England?
- How do I seek an autism assessment for a child or young person in England?
- How do I seek an ADHD assessment for a child or young person in Scotland?
- How do I seek an autism assessment for a child in Scotland?
- How do I seek an ADHD assessment for a child or young person in Wales?
- How do I seek an autism assessment for a child or young person in Wales?
- How do I seek an ADHD assessment for a child or young person in Northern Ireland?
- How do I seek an autism assessment for a child or young person in Northern Ireland?
- What should I check before paying for a private autism or ADHD assessment in the UK?
- What support can I look for while waiting for an autism or ADHD assessment in the UK?
- What can I do if an autism or ADHD referral is refused, or I disagree with an assessment outcome in the UK?
- What happens after an autism or ADHD assessment in the UK?
- Can I ask for communication or sensory adjustments during an autism or ADHD assessment in the UK?
- What if autism and ADHD both seem relevant when I am looking for assessment in the UK?
- Where do other neurodevelopmental assessments fit in the UK besides autism and ADHD?
- How do I start looking into an adult autism assessment in the Republic of Ireland?
- How do I seek an autism assessment for a child or young person in the Republic of Ireland?
- How do I start looking into an adult ADHD assessment in the Republic of Ireland?
- What is the difference between an HSE Assessment of Need and an autism or ADHD diagnostic assessment in the Republic of Ireland?
- How do I start looking into an autism assessment in Australia?
- How do I start looking into an ADHD assessment in Australia?
- How do I start looking into an autism assessment in Canada?
- How can I look into an autism assessment for a child in Ontario?
Health & wellbeing
- Are there practical anxiety or self-management tools in the current catalogue that were made with autistic people in mind?
- I keep masking and feel exhausted. Where can I understand autistic burnout without assuming that is definitely what I have?
- I struggle to wind down or keep a bedtime routine. What practical things can I inspect?
- How can I ask for communication or sensory adjustments at a health appointment in England?
- How can I ask for communication or sensory adjustments at a health appointment in Scotland?
- How can I ask for communication or sensory adjustments at a health appointment in Wales?
- How can I ask for communication or sensory adjustments at a health appointment in Northern Ireland?
Relationships & family
- Is there autistic-led support for autistic parents in the UK?
- How can I explain my communication needs to a partner, friend or family member?
- I'm a neurodivergent parent and appointments, forms and family admin are overwhelming — where can I start?
- How can I handle friendship misunderstandings when neurodivergent communication is involved?
- How can partners handle relationship routines, changes, sensory needs and communication?
- How can I communicate boundaries or ask for space without relying on hints?
- How can I pause and return to a difficult conversation when communication or shutdown is hard to process?
- How can I talk about consent, touch and sensory preferences in an intimate relationship?
- Where can I find support for parenting a neurodivergent child in the UK?
- I'm a disabled or neurodivergent parent and a family service is hard to access — where can I start?
- How can I explain sensory or social limits around family events?
- Where can I look for help if a partner or family member is frightening, controlling or abusive?
- Can ND Oracle tell me whether I should leave or stay with a partner?
Money & administration
- Where do I start if disability creates extra costs and I need to check benefit support?
- Budgeting and keeping track of money is hard for me. What can I use without handing over financial decisions?
- I am missing payments or getting behind with debt. Where can I start without the Oracle choosing a debt solution for me?
- I disagree with a benefit decision. How do I find the right reconsideration, re-determination or appeal process in the UK?
- Official forms and paperwork overwhelm me. What can I do to make the task more manageable?
- Letters, bills and official messages have piled up. How can I sort what needs attention first?
- I keep missing admin deadlines, renewals or appeal dates. What kind of system can reduce that risk?
- I need help with money administration, but I do not want an AI deciding what I should do financially. What routes can I inspect?
Food & eating
- Food textures, smells, tastes or the eating environment make eating hard. What can I inspect?
- My food range is very restricted. When is this something to discuss with a health professional rather than only trying meal-planning tips?
- I have heard about ARFID and some of it sounds familiar. How can I learn about it without the Oracle diagnosing me?
- Cooking has too many steps and I run out of capacity before I eat. What practical changes can I inspect?
- I am worried about restrictive eating or possible ARFID in Scotland. Where can I start?
- I am worried about restrictive eating or possible ARFID in Wales. Where can I start?
- Eating is difficult because I cough, choke or feel food sticking. Is that the same as sensory eating or ARFID?
- A child eats a very restricted range of foods. Where can I start without assuming ARFID?
Sleep
- Sound, light, temperature or other sensory input is keeping me awake. What can I change before assuming it is a medical sleep disorder?
- Shift work or changing schedules keeps breaking my sleep routine. What can I inspect?
- My sleep problem is persistent and affecting daytime life. When should I move from practical sleep tips to clinical help?
- What should I know about sleep medicines or melatonin without getting dosing advice from the Oracle?
- My sleep problems are persistent and I live in Scotland. Where can I start?
- My sleep problems are persistent and I live in Wales. Where can I start?
- My sleep problems are persistent and I live in Northern Ireland. Where can I start?
- A child is having ongoing sleep difficulty. What can I inspect before assuming a diagnosis?
Mental wellbeing
- I need urgent mental-health help in the UK. Where should I go instead of trying to solve the crisis here?
- Low mood or possible depression is affecting my life. Where can I start without the Oracle diagnosing me?
- I am struggling after something traumatic and wonder about PTSD. What can the Oracle do without diagnosing me or choosing treatment?
- How can I look for talking therapy and ask for communication or sensory adjustments?
- Mental-health appointments are hard because of communication, processing or sensory needs. What can I ask the service about?
- What does NHS England mean by person-centred suicide safety work instead of relying on risk labels?
Healthcare access
- What reasonable adjustments can I ask for at a hospital appointment or admission?
- Dental appointments are difficult because of sensory load, communication or anxiety. What can I ask the practice before treatment?
- I need information about a medicine, side effects or an upcoming medication review. What can I prepare without changing my dose myself?
- Can someone be added to the GP learning disability register before a formal specialist diagnosis, and what can the register help with in England?
Mobility & travel
- Do I need to tell DVLA about ADHD or another neurodevelopmental condition in Great Britain?
- What disability-related concessionary travel should I check in Scotland?
- What disability-related concessionary travel should I check in Wales?
- What disability-related concessionary travel should I check in Northern Ireland?
- I need disability-related help on public transport. What assistance and accessibility information can I inspect before travelling?
- Coordination, balance or motor-planning difficulties make journeys tiring. What can I plan around?
- What disability-related help and accessible information should I check for a bus or coach journey in Great Britain?
- How can I check passenger assistance for a train journey in Great Britain?
- How can I check accessibility or ask for help on Translink bus or rail services in Northern Ireland?
- Changes, delays and platform or stop changes make travel hard. What can I check before a journey?
Technology & accessibility
- Before installing another app, what built-in accessibility settings can I inspect on Windows, Android or iPhone?
- Typing or device control is difficult. What speech-to-text or voice-control options can I inspect?
- My device is visually busy or distracting. What built-in settings can reduce motion, interruptions or cognitive load?
Organisations & peer community
- How can I look for a local neurodivergent peer group without the Oracle pretending every group is safe or a good fit?
- I want an online neurodivergent peer community. What should I inspect before joining?
- Where can a parent or carer look for neurodivergence-related peer support in the UK?
- How can I find an organisation where neurodivergent or disabled people genuinely have leadership and decision-making power?
- How can I tell whether a group or organisation is actually peer-led rather than just saying it values lived experience?
- What can I do if there is no suitable neurodivergent peer group nearby or travel to one is difficult?
- How can I compare online, in-person and hybrid neurodivergent peer support without assuming one format is better?
- What accessibility information should I check before joining a neurodivergent peer group?
- What moderation or safeguarding information should I inspect before joining an online neurodivergent community?
- How can I check how private an online neurodivergent group or forum really is before I post?
- Where can I look if I want a cross-neurodivergent community rather than a group for one diagnosis?
- Can I look for peer support while I am waiting for, considering or unable to get a formal neurodevelopmental assessment?
- What if a neurodivergent peer group makes me feel worse, pressured or simply does not fit?
- What should I make of a peer group that publishes little or nothing about moderation, safeguarding or accessibility?
- How can I find neurodivergent peer support in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland without being sent to England-only routes?
- Where can I find Tourette syndrome peer support online or locally in the UK?
Books & media
- How should I use neurodivergent lived-experience books without treating one author's story as clinical evidence?
- Are there books for children or young people with neurodivergent characters that I can inspect without calling them therapy?
- There are many books and media about neurodivergence. How can I narrow what is relevant without asking the Oracle for a single 'best' one?
- I want an introductory book or media route about neurodiversity. Where can I start without treating one item as the definitive answer?
- How can I check whether a neurodiversity book is available as an ebook or audiobook?
- Where can I inspect lived-experience books beyond autism and ADHD?
- How should I use a neurodiversity podcast or documentary without treating it as clinical evidence?
Information & support
- I want autism information or support. Which kind of organisation am I actually looking for?
- Where can I find dyslexia information or support in the UK?
- Where can I find Tourette syndrome information or support in the UK?
- Where can I find learning-disability information or support in the UK?
- Where can I find Developmental Language Disorder information or support?
- Where can I start with current UK information about dyspraxia or DCD in adults?
- Where can I find dyscalculia information or specialist support in the UK?
Games & downtime
- Which current games might suit me if I want little or no time pressure?
- Which games can I inspect if I want little reaction-speed pressure?
- Which games can I inspect if I need to stop or switch away easily?
- Which games let me choose a lower-pressure mode instead of making the whole game low-pressure?
- Which games can I inspect if I want a smaller or simpler control set?
- Which games can I inspect if I do not want mistakes to cost me much?
- Which games can I inspect if I want to play without multiplayer or social pressure?
- Which games can I inspect for building, sorting, arranging or collecting play?
- Where can I inspect gaming routes if I want control over the social load?
- Which games have lower or more controllable sensory demands?
- How can I check a game's accessibility features before buying or installing it?
- Where can autistic adults inspect gaming communities and groups?