Maxine Roper
@maxinefrances.bsky.social
Writer 📚 Voiceover & Audiobooks 🎙️
NO HEELS, NO PROBLEM: A Neurodivergent Survival Guide To Adult Life When You’re Dyspraxic or ADHD - out now.
WORDS FOR OCCASIONS: 🆕 wordsforoccasions.etsy.com
https://maxinefrancesroper.co.uk
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NO HEELS, NO PROBLEM: A Neurodivergent Survival Guide To Adult Life When You’re Dyspraxic or ADHD - out now.
WORDS FOR OCCASIONS: 🆕 wordsforoccasions.etsy.com
https://maxinefrancesroper.co.uk
🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇺
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📣 📚 I'm on tour! Come and hear me and some lovely other people talk about my book and all things dyspraxia and ADHD this spring and summer...
Well, I’m very impressed with your Placebo puns this pure morning….
October 4, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Well, I’m very impressed with your Placebo puns this pure morning….
Won’t lie, I wouldn’t have spotted the gardening business/Placebo lyric crossover potential
October 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Won’t lie, I wouldn’t have spotted the gardening business/Placebo lyric crossover potential
FYI, I’m borrowing audiobooks from the library now and it’s lovely. The best two apps are BorrowBox and Libby
Hi BlueSky: Are there any good alternatives to Spotify which offer music AND audiobooks? (I keep falling asleep without the sleep timer on and burning through my whole audiobook allowance. Their solution is “Just pay us more money to keep replaying the same book…” 🙄)
October 2, 2026 at 9:59 PM
FYI, I’m borrowing audiobooks from the library now and it’s lovely. The best two apps are BorrowBox and Libby
More thoughts on Harrison and Lily in The Archers than I can or should put into this box
October 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
More thoughts on Harrison and Lily in The Archers than I can or should put into this box
Hi BlueSky: Are there any good alternatives to Spotify which offer music AND audiobooks? (I keep falling asleep without the sleep timer on and burning through my whole audiobook allowance. Their solution is “Just pay us more money to keep replaying the same book…” 🙄)
September 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Hi BlueSky: Are there any good alternatives to Spotify which offer music AND audiobooks? (I keep falling asleep without the sleep timer on and burning through my whole audiobook allowance. Their solution is “Just pay us more money to keep replaying the same book…” 🙄)
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I got a diagnosis while it was still shameful and secret and I will tell you getting that diagnosis probably saved my life. I couldn't understand why the world seemed to make sense to everyone else. Knowing I was working from a different rulebook gave me patience to learn what I needed to thrive.
Janice Turner has no background or training in medicine, neuroscience, psychology or psychiatry.
September 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I got a diagnosis while it was still shameful and secret and I will tell you getting that diagnosis probably saved my life. I couldn't understand why the world seemed to make sense to everyone else. Knowing I was working from a different rulebook gave me patience to learn what I needed to thrive.
Surreal “look whose my book is next to on my friend’s pile!” moment...
September 26, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Surreal “look whose my book is next to on my friend’s pile!” moment...
On my way to Cardiff. First trip back since I lived there in 2007. Before Google Maps, which I somehow lived before…
September 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM
On my way to Cardiff. First trip back since I lived there in 2007. Before Google Maps, which I somehow lived before…
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And remember, guys, there’s no “i” in Funeral Trbutes
September 22, 2026 at 4:57 PM
And remember, guys, there’s no “i” in Funeral Trbutes
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Personally speaking, I wouldn't have split the word like that...
September 18, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Personally speaking, I wouldn't have split the word like that...
Is it helpful to realise brain chemicals can impact relationships? For sure.
Are “dopamine addiction” or “dopamine deficit” helpful ways to explain this? Not really.
Should you follow neuroscientists for better info? Definitely.
(I’m not one. @drdeanburnett.bsky.social is…)
Are “dopamine addiction” or “dopamine deficit” helpful ways to explain this? Not really.
Should you follow neuroscientists for better info? Definitely.
(I’m not one. @drdeanburnett.bsky.social is…)
September 17, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Is it helpful to realise brain chemicals can impact relationships? For sure.
Are “dopamine addiction” or “dopamine deficit” helpful ways to explain this? Not really.
Should you follow neuroscientists for better info? Definitely.
(I’m not one. @drdeanburnett.bsky.social is…)
Are “dopamine addiction” or “dopamine deficit” helpful ways to explain this? Not really.
Should you follow neuroscientists for better info? Definitely.
(I’m not one. @drdeanburnett.bsky.social is…)
Followed an ADHD account yesterday, then unfollowed because it’s selling content clearly pretty well all copy-pasted from ChatGPT as digital downloads. Meep meep.
September 17, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Followed an ADHD account yesterday, then unfollowed because it’s selling content clearly pretty well all copy-pasted from ChatGPT as digital downloads. Meep meep.
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With the final report of the autism, ADHD and mental health review expected soon, here's a reminder of what their interim report actually said.
We, as a community, helped bury this by giving all our attention to a misleading Times headline on publication day instead.
Let's not do that again.
We, as a community, helped bury this by giving all our attention to a misleading Times headline on publication day instead.
Let's not do that again.
Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)
September 17, 2026 at 7:33 AM
With the final report of the autism, ADHD and mental health review expected soon, here's a reminder of what their interim report actually said.
We, as a community, helped bury this by giving all our attention to a misleading Times headline on publication day instead.
Let's not do that again.
We, as a community, helped bury this by giving all our attention to a misleading Times headline on publication day instead.
Let's not do that again.
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Flashback in time to my book launch celebration live stream with fellow #dyspraxic authors @oneill-lotty.bsky.social and @maxinefrances.bsky.social. You can watch the replay right here: www.youtube.com/live/WSQWvla...
Dyspraxia: Studying and Beyond
YouTube video by Rosemary Richings
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Flashback in time to my book launch celebration live stream with fellow #dyspraxic authors @oneill-lotty.bsky.social and @maxinefrances.bsky.social. You can watch the replay right here: www.youtube.com/live/WSQWvla...
Getting a text from a friend who’s recently moved house to say her new GP has accepted Shared Care and reacting as if she’s just announced her engagement. What a world.
September 14, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Getting a text from a friend who’s recently moved house to say her new GP has accepted Shared Care and reacting as if she’s just announced her engagement. What a world.
Bangs
Balloons (yes, this made children’s parties tricky…)
Any random noisy electric appliance
An imaginary rabbit
Carbon Monoxide poisoning
999 (the TV show)
Balloons (yes, this made children’s parties tricky…)
Any random noisy electric appliance
An imaginary rabbit
Carbon Monoxide poisoning
999 (the TV show)
Things I was frightened of as a child:
Spontaneous combustion
Fires generally
Ghosts generally
Church bells moving (this lingers)
Death generally
Appendicitis and meningitis
Watership Down Black Rabbit
Telly blowing up during thunderstorm
Quicksand
Spontaneous combustion
Fires generally
Ghosts generally
Church bells moving (this lingers)
Death generally
Appendicitis and meningitis
Watership Down Black Rabbit
Telly blowing up during thunderstorm
Quicksand
Things I was frightened of as a child.
The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town.
Nuclear war.
In the Year 2525.
Faces at windows. The Nightmare Man.
The dark.
Other kids.
Tom saying ‘Don’t You Believe It’ in Tom and Jerry.
The railway station in Sapphire and Steel.
Falling over cliffs.
The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town.
Nuclear war.
In the Year 2525.
Faces at windows. The Nightmare Man.
The dark.
Other kids.
Tom saying ‘Don’t You Believe It’ in Tom and Jerry.
The railway station in Sapphire and Steel.
Falling over cliffs.
September 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Bangs
Balloons (yes, this made children’s parties tricky…)
Any random noisy electric appliance
An imaginary rabbit
Carbon Monoxide poisoning
999 (the TV show)
Balloons (yes, this made children’s parties tricky…)
Any random noisy electric appliance
An imaginary rabbit
Carbon Monoxide poisoning
999 (the TV show)
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CNN .com website, September 11, 2001
September 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
CNN .com website, September 11, 2001
September 10, 2026 at 8:24 AM
📣 If you’re suddenly thinking about something or someone a lot, or going over something long put to bed, it might just be because they were one of the biggest things in your head at the time of 9/11. Thank you and good evening.
September 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
📣 If you’re suddenly thinking about something or someone a lot, or going over something long put to bed, it might just be because they were one of the biggest things in your head at the time of 9/11. Thank you and good evening.
‘Mysterious Bruise’ to the tune of Mysterious Girl
September 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
‘Mysterious Bruise’ to the tune of Mysterious Girl
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This is diabolical news. PAPYRUS closing down is a massive blow, especially for young autistic people. When standard mental health services constantly misunderstand neurodivergent burnout and crisis, HOPELINE was one of the few accessible lifelines left....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Papyrus suicide prevention charity in administration
The 3 Dads Walking, who raised £1.5m for Papyrus, say it is "very difficult to accept" its closure.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This is diabolical news. PAPYRUS closing down is a massive blow, especially for young autistic people. When standard mental health services constantly misunderstand neurodivergent burnout and crisis, HOPELINE was one of the few accessible lifelines left....
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC’s 9/11 podcast starts by explaining to listeners what a camcorder is 😭
September 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BBC’s 9/11 podcast starts by explaining to listeners what a camcorder is 😭
Hello to everyone having to be the strong one for a severely arachnophobic loved one this spider season…
September 8, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Hello to everyone having to be the strong one for a severely arachnophobic loved one this spider season…
Me hearing the Strictly trailer version of Sledgehammer
September 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Me hearing the Strictly trailer version of Sledgehammer
If this article was written in good faith, it would a) Actually contain quantifiable evidence of this happening and b) Also mention that many people who are now diagnosed with ADHD were incompletely or inaccurately diagnosed with something else before that.
It isn’t, so it doesn’t.
It isn’t, so it doesn’t.
September 6, 2026 at 5:33 PM
If this article was written in good faith, it would a) Actually contain quantifiable evidence of this happening and b) Also mention that many people who are now diagnosed with ADHD were incompletely or inaccurately diagnosed with something else before that.
It isn’t, so it doesn’t.
It isn’t, so it doesn’t.