{"id":1117,"date":"2021-05-10T14:21:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/determinants\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:04:49","slug":"adhd-in-the-academic-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/determinants\/2021\/adhd-in-the-academic-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"ADHD in the Academic Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        ADHD in the Academic Workplace\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"academics-with-adhd-making-the-university-workplace-more-accessible-for-neurodivergent-people\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academics with ADHD: Making the university workplace more accessible for neurodivergent people<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is now one of the most diagnosed neurological conditions in children and can have significant impacts on individuals throughout their lives. Symptoms were once thought to reduce with maturity, however it\u2019s now recognised that symptoms persist throughout the lifecourse. This has resulted in many people not being diagnosed until later in life, and I am one of those people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early 2019 my partner was looking into explanations for some of the difficulties my son (now 11) was facing in school and completed a parent-report ADHD questionnaire, but it wasn\u2019t just my son that scored high. I was at work when she texted and asked me to complete the adult questionnaire for myself \u2013 it was life-changing. I was diagnosed by a psychologist in 2019 and have been receiving ADHD-specific psychotherapy and taking stimulant medication for the last 2 years. I have embarked on a process of self-discovery, recognising that many of the challenges I\u2019ve faced in my personal and professional life are related to this specific neurological impairment. In this talk I will talk about some of these challenges, how I\u2019ve adapted and \u2018masked\u2019 in the past, and what workplace supports have helped now that I have a diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"youtube-video\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Youtube Video:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>(Talk begins at 3:21, Presentation at 7:23)<br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0NTQK7HWuAU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presentation Slides:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/determinants\/cu_file\/adhd-in-the-academic-workplace\/\">PDF version of my presentation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academics with ADHD: Making the university workplace more accessible for neurodivergent people Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is now one of the most diagnosed neurological conditions in children and can have significant impacts on individuals throughout their lives. 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