ADHD Inclusive

Do you have an experience with feeling excluded, or that you don't belong in ADHD spaces, organizations, and events? 

We want to hear about it. Whether it's a lack of inclusive programming, microaggressions, negative interactions with organizational leads, financial burden, or anything else, your voice is welcome here.

Share in text or verbal form, as anonymously as you like, by selecting the option below. Scroll down for the background of this project.

My name is Jaye, and I'm a Taiwanese-American ADHD coach, speaker, instructor, and human. For the last few years, I've been active in creating inclusive ADHD spaces, partially because many of the existing spaces created decades ago lack inclusivity toward ADHD individuals and professionals in non-dominant demographics, be it age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexuality, family structure, religion, co-morbidities, profession, experience level, and more.

On Wednesday, 7/12/2023, I made a very small post on Threads highlighting a microaggression in an email sent to me as a virtual speaker of the International Conference on ADHD. It, and the email that was sent to me from the conference chair the next day, has ignited a long-overdue conversation about the lack of inclusive spaces in the ADHD community, particularly in organizations. If you haven't seen it, you can follow it here.

I recognize that I have a lot of privilege in this situation, because while I love the work I do in the ADHD community, I could always go back to my last job if the action of speaking up blew up my career. I recognize that others who may have experienced similar feelings of exclusion may not have that luxury, and their voices are as important, if not more, than mine.

ADHD Inclusive is a measure to let those voices be heard. If you've felt excluded from the ADHD community in any way, here is a place to share your experience. You can do so in text form, or by recording an audio file, and can do so as anonymously as you would like

If we want the world to change, we have to show the world what is in need of changing, and feel safe doing so. Please join me in advocating for a more inclusive future with ADHD spaces, a community that is meant for all.

Thank you for being here.

Jaye Lin