When Melbourne-based musician Nat Bartsch was growing up, the understanding of autism and ADHD were very different to today's understandings.
For Bartsch, receiving her diagnoses and building a support system for her career and everyday life have made all the difference.Most people probably know Bartsch through her lullabies, which blend soft piano sounds, synth effects and other instruments. "There's a lot of grief around the fact that I never knew who I really was, or the ways that I could have been supported and suffered a little less," Bartsch says.
"There's something soothing about the visual of having all the green things in my fridge going to the same risotto after a really big night," Bartsch says. "I was working at such an intensive level, 12 hours a day, seven days a week because it's my special interest. And I get to call it my job," she says about her previous work habit.
"It's a very delicate line between being in an environment where your super powers are on display and being able to survive," Bartsch says.