ADHD Best Practice at Work Conference

On May 16th 2022,?ADHD Girls , WBSA and ani Group will bring you a virtual half-day ADHD Best Practice at Work Conference .?

This will be the first time ADHDers and the World of Work come together to create solutions around:?

Recruitment;

Retention and sense of belonging at work;

Championing equity through understanding of intersectionality.

Supported by:

The conference is supported by amazing organisations and inspiring ND leaders, and is a safe space where we can learn more about how to create conditions for ADHDers to thrive at work.

This conference is for you if:

• You find yourself at a lost to how to support ADHDers when they share their diagnosis with you.
• You may not have had the training to know what to do, even if you desperately want to keep your employees with ADHD.?
• You’re an ADHDer whose livelihood depends on the way you communicate what you need support for.
• You want to figure out how to work collaboratively to find a solution that works for everyone.
• You want to learn how to create conditions so ADHDers can thrive at work via listening to the people you're creating it for, coupled with insights from ND thought leaders.?

'We need to be anticipatory in welcoming the diversity of thought, to make sure everyone can access the support they need to soar. Trusting the assets of learning differences, and our unique lived experiences, can truly change the world – perhaps it’s the only thing that ever does.' Atif Choudhury, Chief Executive of Diversity & Ability

Our vision

We want to wake up to a world where there is more widespread?understanding of ADHD.

Where it is less about the inability to focus, disrupting conversations, or having little respect for authority.

And more about having the ability to process large amounts of information differently to others and come up with innovative solutions, creative thinking, and hypersensitivity to the struggles of others that we cannot ignore an injustice.?

Where it will no longer be the Voldemort acronym that no one dares speak about, which according to Dr Tony Lloyd, CEO of the ADHD Foundation, is why even the national Autism charities rarely mention the co-occurrence of ADHD with Autism (estimated at over 50%),?even though the genetic overlap between the two conditions were well established over a decade ago .

It will be a new way of thinking about a group of charismatic, funny, warm hearted, spontaneous, clever, and deeply passionate people who frankly, makes our workplaces more interesting.

Because more than the validation of a diagnosis, sometimes what we need to hear is “I understand”.?

Because if we create the conditions in which neurodivergents can thrive and work collectively to help everyone, the whole team benefits.?

Lastly, we would love to hear from you:

• If you're an ADHDer who wants to volunteer your time to this worthy cause;
• If you’re in a position to support us by being our ally and bring people on board with our mission;
• If your business aligns with the ADHD Best Practice Conference and you'd like to sponsor our event.

Come and join us!?

Book your early bird tickets today on our event booking link .

About the author

Samantha Hiew is the Director of ADHD Girls Ltd, a company founded with a social mission to empower girls and women with ADHD through effective advocacy, education and specialists’ insights.?

With an eclectic career background in 16 work sectors, she identifies predominantly as a storyteller and scientist, due to her curiosity in how things come to be and how we humans interact with one another.?

Sam’s unique experiences of growing up in an Asian culture and living in the West for nearly 2 decades opened her eyes to how ADHD manifests within the intersections with culture, class, and race. This helps her understand she is not just a sum of a medical condition but also how the environment and circumstances she grew up in conditioned her to be.?

To work with Sam, please contact [email protected].