How I’m Wired
Understand your strengths, what can feel harder, and what helps you.
Short sections about everyday life, from focus and senses to emotions and speaking up. In each one, pick how much each statement sounds like you. There are no right or wrong answers, because there’s no right way to think, feel or experience the world.
You’ll get feedback after each section. Save it and come back for more whenever you like.
Not a diagnosis
This isn’t a diagnosis. It won’t tell you whether you’re autistic, ADHD, dyslexic or anything else. It’s a way to understand your own experiences, strengths and needs, to open up conversation with people that are safe. With or without a diagnosis.
Sections
- Speaking Up for Myself: How you share your views, needs and wishes, including asking for help, setting boundaries and explaining what works for you. (20 statements, about 7 minutes)
- Planning & Focus: How you plan, organise, start tasks and manage your time, including focus and memory. (13 statements, about 4 minutes)
- My Senses: How you experience sound, light, touch, smell, taste and movement, and what feels calming, enjoyable or uncomfortable. (13 statements, about 4 minutes)
- Movement & Coordination: How you get your body to move and use your muscles, from big movements like walking to small ones like typing. (12 statements, about 4 minutes)
- How I Learn: How you understand, remember and use new information, and what makes learning feel clearer or easier. (13 statements, about 4 minutes)
- Wellbeing & Interests: What helps you feel well and balanced, the things you enjoy, your routines, and how you relax and recharge. (13 statements, about 4 minutes)
- How I Connect: How you communicate and spend time with other people, and what feels natural and enjoyable for you. (13 statements, about 4 minutes)
- My Emotions: How you experience, understand and respond to your emotions, what can be tricky, and what helps you cope. (13 statements, about 4 minutes)
- Masking: How much you hide or change parts of yourself to fit in or feel safe, and when you feel able to be yourself. (13 statements, about 4 minutes)
- How I Think: How your mind works, including problem-solving, creativity, patterns and details. Your natural thinking style. (14 statements, about 5 minutes)
Questions about How I’m Wired
Is How I’m Wired a diagnosis?
No. It won’t tell you whether you’re autistic, ADHD, dyslexic or anything else. It helps you understand your own experiences, strengths and needs, with or without a diagnosis.
Who is it for?
Adults who want to understand how they think, feel, learn and work, and what helps them. You don’t need a diagnosis or to be neurodivergent to use it.
How long does it take?
Each section takes about 5–10 minutes. Do one, or as many as you like, in any order. You can stop and come back later.
Is it free?
Yes. You can answer a section and see your feedback without an account. A free account lets you save your feedback and build your profile.
What do I get at the end?
Feedback in words, not scores: your strengths, what can feel harder, what helps you and ideas to try. Your saved sections make a profile you can print or save as a PDF to share with a GP, manager, tutor or someone you trust, if you choose.
Who can see my answers?
Only you. Saved answers are private to your account and aren’t shown to anyone else, including our team in the site’s admin.
What if a section brings up difficult feelings?
Take a break whenever you need to. How I’m Wired isn’t crisis support. If you need to talk to someone now, our crisis support page lists free UK helplines, including Samaritans on 116 123.