Author name: Alan Stracey

ADHD Awareness Month: Disclosure isn’t a problem to be solved on the spot. Culture is how you treat your staff when they need you the most.

I built my Neurodiversity training from the inside of this experience, for the people who genuinely want to get it right and don’t yet know how. I’ve trained a lot of companies. I’ve never met one that didn’t want to do right by its people. What’s usually missing is the knowledge, not the will.

Recognition Sensitive Euphoria – RSD’s Evil Twin?

So is hyperfocus a blessing, a curse or somewhere in the middle? 

And why does it rely so strongly on interest, rather than importance?

Just because you’ve realised you have a mask doesn’t mean you should instantly throw it away. The goal is finding a way to reconcile your authentic self with the demands on your time.  It doesn’t happen overnight.

As with so much to do with ADHD, the odds can sometimes feel stacked against us – but there’s always help and there’s always hope.  Trust me, your finances can be reasoned with, tamed and brought fully under control with the right support.

Time blindness isn’t a character flaw. You won’t outmuscle it with willpower. What works is structure: brain dumps, external timers, someone else holding you to a deadline you set for yourself. Understand how to EFFECTIVELY implement these systems.

This kind of training matters.  It’s why I do what I do – using my lived experience and passion for helping my fellow NDers – because it could mean the difference between someone getting the right support at the right time, and… well, the alternatives are not worth thinking about.

Even when you know exactly the signs to look out for and exactly how to recover – we still sometimes need to reconnect with others to reconnect to ourselves.

The most validating part of getting my ADHD diagnosis was finding out about Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD). Even if it’s the worst part of the ADHD experience.