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Friendship Skills For Neurodivergent Adults

a guide for the anxious, uniquely wired, and easily distracted

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“For Autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD adults who want practical guidance for real connection- this book was written with you in mind.”

Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults is the kind of book that meets you where you are. Caroline Maguire breaks down social concepts with clarity, compassion, and metaphor in a way that feels genuinely respectful to neurodivergent experience. Nothing here is patronizing or prescriptive — it’s practical, hopeful, and deeply human. She names the realities so many of us carry while offering clear paths toward friendship that don’t ask you to mask or contort yourself. A needed and affirming guide for our community.

As an autistic ADHD therapist and coach who spent decades feeling like an alien in my own life, I know how brutal friendship can feel for neurodivergent adults. Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults: A Guide for the Anxious, Uniquely Wired, and Easily Distracted gives autistic and ADHD adults something we rarely get: concrete language, permission to honor our sensory and social limits, and a way to build real connection without masking ourselves into burnout. Caroline treats autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people as worthy of love exactly as we are, then walks readers through small, doable steps that make belonging feel possible instead of out of reach.

This is the friendship manual we should’ve had years ago. Caroline breaks down the patterns, the steps, and the ‘how’ with a clarity that makes friendship finally make sense. The result is practical, pioneering, and genuinely groundbreaking.

Caroline Maguire is a relationship guru for anyone with a neurodiversity, especially those with ADHD and anxiety. Her book is an extraordinary offering full of warmth, insight and depth. It’s a useful and fun must read.

Friendship can be difficult for the neurodivergent. Thankfully, Caroline Maguire provides us with the strategies and tools needed to rise to the challenge! In Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults, she shares meaningful ideas and actionable exercises that help us connect with others, exploring everything from friendship anxiety, masking (and unmasking), how to tell if someone will be a good friend, and friendship maintenance. And the book is written in a neurodiverse-friendly way that chunks information for easy processing, and revisits key concepts to make sure we remember them. It’s great! Buy this book!

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The Story Behind Friendship Skills for Neurodiverse Adults

FRIENDSHIP SKILLS FOR NEURODIVERGENT ADULTS is more than a book, it’s part of a growing movement for countless neurodivergent adults searching for answers to a question they’ve carried for years: Why has making friends been so hard?

Caroline Maguire’s work meets this moment with affirming, shame-free strategies that help people build genuine connection without pretending to be someone they’re not. As a neurodivergent person with ADHD, dyslexia, and learning disabilities, Maguire brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work.

Friendship Skills for Neurodiverse Adults delivers a hopeful message: belonging is possible. Friendship is learnable. And you don’t have to change who you are to get there. Grounded in science and designed for real life, Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults offers practical guidance, including scripts, tips, and strategies that support neurodivergent adults in finding meaningful friendships.

About Caroline Maguire, M.Ed.

Caroline Maguire, M.Ed., ACCG, PCC is an internationally recognized expert in social-emotional learning, ADHD coaching, and relationship development. She is the author of the award-winning book, Why Will No One Play with Me? and the forthcoming FRIENDSHIP SKILLS FOR NEURODIVERGENT ADULTS (Balance Books, April 2026), and hosts The ADHD Social Playbook podcast. An educator, coach, and sought-after speaker, Caroline developed a comprehensive Social Emotional Learning (SEL) training methodology that equips parents, clinicians, and educators with practical tools to build self-awareness, emotional regulation, social understanding, and meaningful relationships. As a neurodivergent person with ADHD, dyslexia, and learning disabilities, she brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work.

Maguire is a graduate of Trinity College and holds a Masters in Education and early childhood development from Lesley University. She is also a graduate of the ADD Coach Academy (ADDCA) and the founder and director of ADDCA’s Fundamentals of ADHD Coaching for Families, the only family-focused coach training program accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). A featured TEDx speaker and a keynote presenter at the International Conference on ADHD, her work has been covered in U.S. News & World Report, MindBodyGreen, Salon, Huffington Post, TODAY Parenting, ADDitude, Attention Magazine, and WebMD.