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Straight answers on work, rights, and wellbeing, written for neurodivergent professionals in the UK.
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Managing interview anxiety as a neurodivergent person
Interviews demand exactly the skills that are often hardest for neurodivergent people - real-time social processing, unpredictability, masking under pressure. What actually helps, and what adjustments you can ask for.
ADHD at work: a complete guide to managing, adjusting and thriving in UK employment
ADHD affects how you plan, start tasks, manage time and sustain attention - all things most workplaces assume come automatically. This guide covers your legal rights, practical strategies and the adjustments you can ask for under UK law.
What reasonable adjustments can you ask for with ADHD?
ADHD is covered as a disability under the Equality Act 2010, which means your employer has a legal duty to consider adjustments. Here are the specific changes you can ask for, organised by the challenges ADHD actually creates at work.
Why burnout hits neurodivergent people harder (and what helps first)
Neurodivergent burnout is not the same as ordinary work stress. Masking all day, sensory overload, and the cognitive load of navigating environments built for different brains all compound each other. This is what is actually happening - and what helps first.
How to ask for flexible hours or remote work
There are two completely different legal routes to requesting flexible hours or remote work - and which one you use changes what your employer is actually required to do. Here is how to choose and how to put the request in writing.
Access to Work explained: the government grant most eligible people have never heard of
Access to Work is a UK government grant that can fund specialist coaching, assistive technology, and workplace support for people with disabilities and health conditions. Most people who qualify have never heard of it.
Time management that actually fits an ADHD brain
Why standard productivity advice flops - and systems that lean on interest, urgency, and external structure instead of willpower.
The real cost of masking at work (and gentler alternatives)
Why hiding stims and forcing eye contact exhausts you - and small shifts that protect your energy without risking your job.
Turn a deep interest into a career (without burning the joy out of it)
How to test whether a passion can pay the bills - and roles that use intensity without demanding 24/7 hustle.
Executive function at work: planning and starting when your brain resists
Techniques for task initiation, working memory, and switching tasks - when calendars and to-do apps alone aren't enough.
Sensory overload at work: spot it early, recover faster
Triggers to watch for in open-plan offices and back-to-back calls - plus recovery that doesn't mean quitting on the spot.
Networking without the small-talk marathon
Ways to build real connections when conferences and LinkedIn blitzes drain you - low-mask, energy-aware approaches.
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