{"id":17246,"date":"2021-05-10T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/?p=17246"},"modified":"2024-06-14T12:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T16:13:41","slug":"academics-with-adhd-making-the-university-workplace-more-accessible-for-neurodivergent-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/2021\/academics-with-adhd-making-the-university-workplace-more-accessible-for-neurodivergent-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: Academics with ADHD: Making the university workplace more accessible for neurodivergent people"},"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                        Recording: Academics with ADHD: Making the university workplace more accessible for neurodivergent people\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>This session is presented by Dr. Paul Peters of Carleton\u2019s Department of Health Sciences, as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/accessibility-wellness-speaker-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Accessibility &amp; Wellness Speaker Series<\/a>.<\/p>\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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/WellnessTalk-ADHD-PaulPeters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF of presentation slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Transcript-Academics-with-ADHD-May-10-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transcript of presentation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Academics with ADHD: Making the university workplace more accessible for neurodivergent people\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0NTQK7HWuAU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Paul Peters (PhD, U. Texas at Austin) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences. My research is on the spatial and statistical patterns of mortality, the environmental impacts on health, and health in small rural places within a context of structural inequities and social inequalities. I am the Principal Investigator of the Spatial Determinants of Health Lab, which is currently supporting 9 PhD, 6 MSc, and 5 BSc students from across the university. I have consciously chosen to be open about my ADHD diagnosis with colleagues and students and I seek to provide mentorship to students from diverse backgrounds and to place value on personal growth and learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other ADHD Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.additudemag.com\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adhd-alien.com\/\">http:\/\/adhd-alien.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wfQnbCzTNh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartbutscatteredkids.com\/books\/\">Books<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Books&#8221; &#8212; Smart But Scattered Kids\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartbutscatteredkids.com\/books\/embed\/#?secret=s96mSKQJph#?secret=wfQnbCzTNh\" data-secret=\"wfQnbCzTNh\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/carleton.ca\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/ADHD-ASRS-self-report.pdf\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"about-the-accessibility-wellness-speaker-series\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Accessibility &amp; Wellness Speaker Series<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The intended outcomes of the Accessibility &amp; Wellness Speaker Series are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increase awareness within members of the Carleton community about accessibility issues and how they relate and contribute to wellness of individuals and the community as a whole;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage awareness into action approach through the provision of concrete strategies, resources and connections for participants;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highlight the connection between accessibility and accessible practices and the wellness of individuals;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase the conversations about accessibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthy-workplace\/accessibility-wellness-speaker-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This session is presented by Dr. Paul Peters of Carleton\u2019s Department of Health Sciences, as part of the Accessibility &amp; Wellness Speaker Series. 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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