About
Technology as accommodation.
Not productivity.
MuddleMend is for adults with ADHD who want daily life to feel easier by changing their systems, not themselves.
MuddleMend helps you set up the tech you already own (your phone, smart home, apps, reminders, calendars, and automations) as real accommodations. Not productivity hacks. Not another app you'll drop in a week. Practical support for how your brain works, with ways to tell what's helping and what isn't.
Accessibility, not optimisation.
Productivity says
"You're capable of functioning, here's how to do more."
Accessibility says
"Your environment is creating barriers. Here's how to make things easier."
The Approach
Change the environment, not the person.
Most ADHD advice only works if your brain can keep up with it. MuddleMend starts from a different place: the problem isn't you, it's your environment.
MuddleMend resources help you set things up so the tech does the heavy lifting, right when and where you actually need support, not after.
Our approach is grounded in disability studies and assistive technology research: the idea that disability is created by barriers in the environment, not by you. When something isn't working, the answer isn't to try harder. It's to change the system around you.
Who this is for
You're not lazy. You're not broken. You're not bad at being an adult.
You're someone whose brain works differently, and the world wasn't set up with that in mind. So you spend your energy fighting the environment instead of just… living your life.
MuddleMend is for people who are tired of being told to "try harder" and want someone to say "here's the actual setting you need to change."
Whether you were diagnosed last week or twenty years ago. Whether you're a tech person or you still can't figure out Bluetooth. Whether your thing is time blindness, task initiation, sensory overload, hyperfocus, emotional dysregulation, or all of the above.
This is for you.
How it works
Ways to use MuddleMend
Start with free articles and the quiz. Go deeper with practical guides when you're ready to build. Join a workshop when you want the full system, support, and structure.
Free
Articles & the quiz
Helpful articles on Substack, organised by symptom. The free quiz identifies what's getting in your way most and matches you to relevant content. No email required.
Browse free articles →From $29
PDF guides
When you're ready to go deeper, guides walk you through a complete setup from scratch. Step-by-step, no assumed knowledge, with ways to tell if it's actually working.
See the guides →In Development
Workshop
The full system, structured for learning and implementation. Available in-person and online for individuals, groups, and organisations.
Register your interest →
Who's behind this
Built from lived experience.
MuddleMend is created by an Australian learning technologist with ADHD, working across assistive technology, instructional design, and everyday systems thinking.
Every guide, automation recipe, and recommendation comes from real-world use: tech that's been road-tested against the daily reality of living with ADHD, not just theorised about.