Why rest often isn't enough.
Mar 02, 2026
Self care matters 
Many autistic and ADHD parents don’t get to rest in the way they need to.
AND.
Rest isn’t the whole story.
When we focus on rest or self care as the primary solution to autistic and ADHD exhaustion it also unfairly shifts the weight of responsibility back to the person (aka if you just took better care of yourself you wouldn’t be so exhausted).
People also need meaningful shifts in demands and expectations.
Tasks and environments that can adjust to fluctuating capacity.
This is when rest becomes restorative.
Without these broader environmental and systemic changes, rest becomes a bandaid.
