The Cost of Being Invisible: Dis-Inclusion's Toll on Neurodivergent Employees

Ive got a pretty intense ADHD. This article is vaguely offputting to me. I think it makes it out to be that neurodivergent people need to be baby’d in some way.<p>From my perspective, I think neurodivergent people can’t stand doing things without purpose. A lot of jobs are truly meaningless, dull, uninteresting, especially in the office space. People with ADHD and ASD should not be doing these jobs. You need to find your strengths and interests and work towards that. You should never work a job that you deep down think is bullshit as a ND individual, this is the equivalent of a death sentence. Find something you are passionate about and you can do better work then any normie no matter how loud or fluorescent the office is.

Thank you, Kelly (author of the article), for putting all of this into words. I know I don’t owe my employer an explanation why my ASD requires remote work, but those words describe my problems better than I could have said so myself. I wish more companies in my country were fitted for neurodivergent people.<p>I can’t change jobs because I find IT job interviews terrifying.

Spot on article. A bit of a whinge. Have &quot;worked&quot; continuously for thirty+ years in IT because I am wired for it. It has never been about the paycheck. But I have yet to see a company that is neurodivergent friendly in all those countries I have worked before. If they say they are, most times it&#x27;s just tokenism. Worst culprits are Asian companies, HR and upper management. So I quit, get kicked out or forced to move on. These environments are always never designed for someone different. And when you stand alone, you become an easy target. p.s never tell your colleagues that you have never &quot;worked&quot; a day in your entire life because they will misinterpret it as being a miscreant and not because you love what you do.

Burnout in neurodivergent individuals doesn’t just look like fatigue; it often manifests as heightened anxiety, panic attacks, or an inability to function at work. Worse, it’s frequently dismissed as a personal failing rather than a systemic one, leaving employees to bear the weight of both their struggles and the stigma of being seen as “difficult” or “high maintenance.”<p>this is spot on for me. it also applies to my personal and family life.