theADHD Desk

Action Cards

One page, one mechanism, one thing to do.

Print-and-stick guides for the ADHD brain. Each card explains a single mechanism in plain language, then hands over a clear action card for the moment it actually matters. Read on screen, or download the PDF and put it where the thing happens.

Cold Start: printable ADHD action card for task initiation — the mechanism in plain language (page 1 of 2).

Executive Function · Task Initiation

Cold Start

Emotion Management: printable ADHD action card for emotional control — the mechanism in plain language (page 1 of 2).

Executive Function · Emotional Control

Emotion Management

Time Blindness: printable ADHD action card for time — the mechanism in plain language (page 1 of 2).

Executive Function · Time

Time Blindness

Rejection Sensitivity: printable ADHD action card for rejection — the mechanism in plain language (page 1 of 2).

Emotional Control · Rejection

Rejection Sensitivity

Sleep: printable ADHD action card for sleep — the mechanism in plain language (page 1 of 2).

Foundations · Sleep

Sleep

Working Memory: printable ADHD action card for working memory — the mechanism in plain language (page 1 of 2).

Executive Function · Working Memory

Working Memory

Overwhelm: printable ADHD action card for overload & shutdown — the mechanism in plain language (page 1 of 2).

Executive Function · Overload & Shutdown

Overwhelm