ADHD Essentials Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults with Caroline Maguire
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Apr 13, 2026 
Caroline Maguire, ADHD coach and social-emotional learning expert who writes about friendship skills, shares practical ideas for neurodivergent adults. She frames making friends as a learnable skill. Short, actionable concepts include reading the room, managing inner states, the 3 Ps (participation, proximity, practice), and using third places and online groups to find and grow connections.
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Read The Physical Room First
- Reading the external room is about observing roles, intentions, and context before reacting.
- Caroline teaches pausing to ask Who's here and What's my role so you avoid tone-deaf responses like barging in with good news.
Read The Room Inside Yourself
- Read the room inside you by noticing emotions and triggers before social interactions.
- Caroline links rejection sensitivity to being in a vulnerable headspace and urges learning signals so you can recenter or delay entering situations.
Ask For Mutual Accommodations
- Ask for mutual accommodations instead of one-sided people pleasing.
- Caroline recommends naming needs (sensory limits, timing) and framing them as mutual adjustments; if someone won't adapt long-term they're likely an acquaintance.
