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"The ADHD Guide to Fighting Stigma: How to Defend Your Diagnosis and Build Your Self-Esteem" [Video Replay & Podcast #307]

Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#307), and download the slide presentation for this ADHD Experts webinar originally broadcast on May 26, 2020.

2 Comments: "The ADHD Guide to Fighting Stigma: How to Defend Your Diagnosis and Build Your Self-Esteem" [Video Replay & Podcast #307]

  1. Anyone else have a problem with the certificate test? I’m sure I answered correctly:

    1-all of the above
    2-A & B
    3-true

    Then I tried several combinations in case there was an error. No dice! what can I do?

  2. Confronting people who make snarky remarks about ADD or ADHD means that you will be publicly announcing your condition. I have worked an entire 40+ year career in the take-no-prisoners for-profit corporate world. To these guys the only thing is the bottom line. They do not tolerate incompetence, mistakes, missed deadlines or any mealy-mouth excuses about any kind of mental illness. My solution has been to simply keep my mouth shut.

    Admitting this in the corporate world is like signing the death warrant on your career. Revealing the name ADHD will send the HR director scrambling to Google and he will find that the ‘H’ stands for hyperactivity. He will assume the worst, that the employee will squirm and fidget during a critical customer-facing meeting. Plus, such an admission will launch a whispering campaign by your peers. I cannot imagine a worst outcome. Being ostracized and getting fired sucks.

    Remember, the Hollywood crowd are millionaires who can afford to tell TV producers to get lost. What if you’re not a millionaire? Got a mortgage to pay? Car payment? Kids in college, maybe? Ummmm …. You might want to rethink that. Just consider: even Rosa Parks was thrown in jail.

    I respectfully suggest that you mention that ADHD people have to consider when to fight and when to stand down. I look forward to this presentation.

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