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Sleep has always been something I can struggle with. When my brain will not switch off, or a tiny bit of light or noise grabs my attention, it can become almost impossible for me to ignore it. Travelling can make that even harder because suddenly I have much less control over the environment I am trying to sleep in.

Manta Sleep kindly sent me a sleep kit to try, and the eye mask has been brilliant when I am travelling. The blackout is complete, which means I can create that properly dark environment even when the room around me is not. For someone who can become completely fixated on a tiny bit of light, that has been incredibly useful.

The white noise machine has also been amazing for sensory dysregulation. If there is a particular noise that is really starting to get to me, I can put the machine between me and the source of the noise. For me, it masks it enough that I cannot lock onto that sound anymore, and that has helped me so much.

This is my own experience rather than a claim that these products will work the same way for everyone, but finding small things that give me more control over light and sound has made a real difference.

A huge thank you to Manta Sleep for sending the kit and helping me explore something that affects so many of my days and nights.

The store brings 8DHD's visual language into clothing made to say something useful. The designs turn feelings, sensory needs and the things that can be difficult to put into words into something people can wear and point to.

Alongside expressive everyday clothing, the collection includes interactive ideas designed to support stimming and communication. It is clothing that can help someone show how they feel, what they need or what is making the world feel too much.

The clothing store is hosted by Fourthwall and is now open to explore.

We are incredibly proud to have been included within the National Autistic Society Autism Services Directory.

Being listed alongside trusted autism support organisations helps more autistic people, families, schools and professionals discover 8DHD and the visual resources we create.

Our mission has always been to make difficult experiences easier to understand through visual storytelling, comics, sensory resources and lived experience.

This recognition represents another important step in growing a trusted home for neurodivergent people and those who support them.

Cake Not Hate started as a way to explain something difficult through visual storytelling. Instead of making the message cold or clinical, 8DHD used comic style artwork, lived experience, and simple emotional language to help people understand fear, community, kindness and repair.

The project shows how 8DHD can take a serious subject and turn it into a visual story that feels human, respectful and accessible. It sits alongside the wider 8DHD work with resources, music, emotional tools and creative projects designed to help people understand difficult feelings before they turn into silence, shame or confusion.

8DHD has been featured on The Dyslexia Association community page, placing the project alongside organisations and services supporting dyslexic and neurodivergent people.

This matters because 8DHD is built around visual, human support. The project brings together comic resources, parent editions, sensory music, creative storytelling and lived experience to help children, families, schools, therapists and organisations understand needs that are often hard to explain.

Being listed by The Dyslexia Association helps more people discover 8DHD and supports the wider aim of making neurodivergent support feel less clinical, less confusing and more human.