MARKETING AND AUTISM

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Understand how Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria affects ADHD consumer responses to brand messaging and discover gentle marketing approaches that build trust without triggering rejection sensitivity.

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Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria in Marketing

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: Jul 14, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) is an intense emotional response to perceived criticism, rejection, or failure that affects up to 99% of individuals with ADHD. Unlike typical sensitivity to negative feedback, RSD creates overwhelming emotional...

Neurodivergence Psychology Emotion
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Infodumping as Content Strategy

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: Jul 14, 2025 8:00:00 AM

Infodumping gets a bad rap. This neurodivergent communication style—sharing extensive, detailed information about topics of interest—is often...

Marketing Communication
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Explore how masking fatigue affects AuDHD consumer behavior and discover marketing strategies that reduce cognitive load while respecting neurological exhaustion.

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Masking Fatigue and Consumer Choices: Marketing to Exhausted AuDHD Adults

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: Jul 11, 2025 10:42:22 AM

By 3 PM on a Tuesday, Sarah has already performed neurotypical behavior for six hours straight. She's modulated her voice tone, suppressed her stims,...

Neurodivergence ADHD AUDHD
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Understand how AuDHD consumers navigate the tension between autism's need for predictability and ADHD's craving for stimulation, and how brands can serve both needs compassionately.

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The AuDHD Consumer Paradox: Craving Routine While Seeking Novelty

Picture of Writing Team Writing Team: Jul 11, 2025 10:37:58 AM

You're standing in Target, overwhelmed by the fluorescent lights and competing sensory inputs, desperately seeking the familiar comfort of your usual...

Audience ADHD
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Discover how autistic and ADHD humor differs from neurotypical comedy—and why 48% of creatives being neurodivergent changes everything about marketing. Learn which brands are getting it right.

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Market Using Different Comedy Styles

Picture of Writing Team Writing Team: Jul 7, 2025 8:00:00 AM

What if the most distinctive voices in comedy aren't who you think they are? While we chase viral moments and trending formats, we're missing...

Neurodivergence Humor
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Discover how ADHD hyperfocus creates the most passionate brand advocates. Learn why neurodivergent consumers drive viral trends and how to earn their obsessive loyalty.

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Hyperfocus Marketing: When ADHD Consumers Become Brand Obsessed

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: Jun 30, 2025 10:41:39 AM

The same neurochemical mechanism that makes ADHD brains struggle with boring tasks creates something marketers dream about but rarely achieve:...

Branding ADHD
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Discover how ADHD brains process rewards differently and why gamification creates exceptional customer loyalty. Learn dopamine-driven marketing strategies that work.

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Dopamine-Driven Marketing: Understanding ADHD Reward Systems

Picture of Writing Team Writing Team: Jun 30, 2025 10:36:35 AM

The brain of someone with ADHD operates like a high-performance engine running on premium fuel—dopamine—but with an inefficient fuel delivery system....

ADHD Digital marketing
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Learn how ADHD executive function differences impact purchasing decisions. Discover marketing strategies that support working memory limitations for better consumer experiences.

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Executive Function and Consumer Behavior

Picture of Writing Team Writing Team: Jun 17, 2025 1:04:44 PM

Someone spends twenty minutes carefully selecting products, adding items worth $300 to their cart. Then they close the browser without buying...

Sales Psychology Behavior
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Discover how ADHD attention patterns are reshaping marketing strategy. Learn to design campaigns that work with hyperfocus and distractibility for better engagement.

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The ADHD Attention Economy: Marketing in 7-Second Windows

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: Jun 17, 2025 1:00:17 PM

Someone scrolls past 47 ads in 30 seconds, dismissing each with lightning speed. Then a single headline stops them cold. Three hours later, they've...

ADHD Digital marketing
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Discover how autistic pattern recognition abilities can transform product design and development.

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Pattern Recognition as a Marketing Tool

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: Jun 3, 2025 10:50:35 AM

While marketing often focuses on what autistic consumers need accommodated, we rarely ask what they offer. This oversight costs us profound insights....

Autism Product marketing
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Discover why surprise marketing tactics alienate autistic consumers and how predictable, transparent communication builds stronger brand relationships with neurodivergent audiences.

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Predictability Matters More Than Novelty to Many Autistic Consumers

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: Jun 3, 2025 10:44:34 AM

Marketing wisdom preaches disruption, unexpected delight, and the element of surprise. We celebrate campaigns that catch audiences off guard, that...

Autism Neurodivergence Product marketing
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Discover new KPIs that capture autistic and ADHD user behaviors to optimize campaigns for the growing neurodivergent market.

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New KPIs for Neurodivergent Engagement

Picture of Writing Team Writing Team: May 26, 2025 2:43:51 PM

Your latest campaign generated impressive numbers: 4.2% click-through rates, 18% engagement lift, and conversion rates that exceeded industry...

Neurodivergence Data Customer retention
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Discover communication strategies, rollout approaches, and design principles that honor neurodivergent needs while driving adoption.

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Addressing Change Aversion in Product Updates: Marketing New Features to Autistic Users

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: May 26, 2025 2:38:27 PM

Picture this: Your development team has just shipped the most elegant interface redesign in your company's history. User testing showed improved task...

Autism Product marketing SaaS marketing
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We explore the intersection of autism, financial cognition, and responsible marketing practices.

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Autistic Adults and Financial Decision-Making: Marketing Financial Products Responsibly

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: May 19, 2025 4:46:07 PM

Money speaks its own language—one filled with unwritten social rules, implied meanings, and neurotypical assumptions. For many autistic adults, this...

Neurodivergence Product marketing SaaS marketing
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Discover how the happiness-desire dichotomy transforms when marketing to neurodivergent consumers.

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What Are Marketers Really Selling to Neurodivergent Audiences?

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: May 19, 2025 4:42:41 PM

The relationship between happiness and desire doesn't follow universal neural pathways. For neurodivergent consumers—those with autism, ADHD,...

Marketing Autism Neurodivergence
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Learn why authentic autistic testimonials matter for meaningful product development and marketing in an increasingly neurodiversity-conscious marketplace.

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Consumer Testimonials from Autistic Perspectives

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: May 8, 2025 4:13:43 PM

When the latest noise-cancelling headphones hit the market, the reviews pour in. Professional tech reviewers praise the "intuitive controls" and...

Autism Neurodivergence Product marketing Customer retention
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Discover evidence-based strategies for crafting crisis communications that effectively reach autistic individuals. Learn how to adapt messaging, reduce anxiety, and ensure vital information is accessible to neurodivergent audiences during emergencies and uncertain times.

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Crisis Communication for Autistic Audiences

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: May 8, 2025 4:06:06 PM

The tornado siren wails. Emergency alerts buzz on phones. News anchors speak with escalating urgency about "seeking shelter immediately." For most...

Marketing Autism Neurodivergence
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Discover how businesses are using geo-targeting technology to help neurodivergent individuals locate sensory-friendly environments.

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Geo-targeting for Sensory-Friendly Businesses: Help Neurodivergent Customers Find Safe Spaces

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: May 8, 2025 3:58:47 PM

For most people, finding a coffee shop or restaurant is as simple as opening a maps app and selecting the nearest option. But for individuals on the...

Autism Geotargeting
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Learn practical frameworks for designing sensory-considerate direct mail that respects neurodivergent preferences while driving deeper engagement and brand loyalty.

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Tactile Marketing Materials: When Physical Mail Campaigns Better Serve Autistic Customers

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: Apr 10, 2025 12:18:51 PM

We've witnessed the relentless march toward digital-everything in marketing—each pixel optimized, each interaction tracked, each algorithm refined to...

PR Marketing Autism Product marketing
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Learn practical frameworks for creating inclusive content that resonates across neurological differences while driving deeper engagement and brand loyalty.

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Minimalist vs. Detailed Marketing: Finding the Balance for Neurodivergent Audiences

Picture of Neurodivergence Writing Team Neurodivergence Writing Team: Apr 10, 2025 12:13:37 PM

We've designed marketing for a fiction—the mythical "average consumer" who processes information in predictable, linear ways. This foundational...

Autism Website Design
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