RePattern

Interesting fact
Of the 17 people I work with one-on-one, 7 deal with hypermobility.

Copied from Ehlers Danlos Support Group:

"Wait… are we all neurodivergent?" 🧠🦓
Spend enough time in EDS or hypermobility spaces and a pattern appears: a disproportionately high number of us are also Autistic, ADHD, or both (AuDHD).
That's not a coincidence, and the research is now catching up in a real way.
🧠 The Clinical Reality
Recent studies show the overlap is bigger than earlier estimates suggested. A 2026 UK study found nearly half of hypermobile adults screened positive for autism, and one in five for ADHD. A separate 2026 study on chronic pain and chronic fatigue found the odds of likely autism or ADHD were over 12 times higher than in the general population, and joint hypermobility helped explain why.
🧬 The Current Theory (Getting Sharper)
This link isn't fully mapped, but the newest research points to a specific mechanism: autonomic reactivity, how your nervous system responds to internal body signals, appears to help explain the connection between variant connective tissue and neurodivergent traits. Even after controlling for anxiety.
In other words:
Differences in how the body is built may shape how the nervous system regulates itself, which shapes how the brain processes the world.
🧠 The Lived Experience

Proprioception: Joint hypermobility affects body awareness. Many of us struggle to sense where our body is in space.
Sensory processing: Pain, noise, light, and touch can overwhelm a nervous system that already runs "loud."
Regulation: Chronic pain + sensory load + attention differences = burnout, not failure.

✨ The Takeaway
You're not "too sensitive."
You're not "overcomplicated."
You're a package deal, nervous system included.
If this sounds familiar, you're not imagining the pattern. The research is starting to explain it.
Science communicator, not a clinician.

From Luc Vanier, dancer, dance teacher and Alexander Technique teacher:

Years ago I offered my grandfather to tie his shoes. His response surprised me. He said that at 88 he needed to work at tying his shoes daily or he would physically forget how to do it.

As a dancer I felt once I acquired a skill that it was permanent. This was an illusion. I was just young and the process of calibration was hidden in my natural ability. I do wish it had been pointed out so I was not kidding myself about skill.

Aging would make more sense to people if we understood this point and an Alexander Technique teacher is a great guide in helping us calibrate our approach to skill building over years.