Join us on Thursday, January 16, 2025 for New Tech’s Complimentary ADHD OASIS Virtual Meetup: How to Get ADHD ADA Accommodations, What to Ask For an How to Get Them Without Having to Disclose Your Diagnosis
The virtual Meetup is free, but you’ll still need to register for the virtual Meetups each month to join us so do it now before the procrastination squirrel pops up.
Join us to explore when and how to disclose your neurodivergence at work. We all understand how unsafe it can be to share that you have ADHD with your coworkers and bosses. Share your experiences and learn from your fellow professionals with ADHD.
Discover how to decrease your neurodiverse challenges while building relationships with fellow high functioning professionals with ADHD who are on similar journeys.
You can attend these virtual Meetups on the third Thursday of every month.
One in three to Four adults is neurodiverse and one in twenty have ADHD. In the tech industry, these numbers are even higher.
Unfortunately, most business cultures are not very neurodiverse-friendly because neurotypical folks have not been educated on what it’s like to live with our faster-than-normal brains, rejection-sensitive dysphoria, low executive function, low working memory, low dopamine, and low serotonin.
In these virtual Meetups we explore how you can better explain neurodiversity to your loved ones and coworkers to bridge this education gap. The better you are at sharing what it’s like from your brain’s perspective, the less time you’ll spend being frustrated, disappointed, and defensive at work and home.
Maybe you’re undiagnosed but experience ADHD symptoms. While there is no replacement for a professional diagnosis from a licensed expert, if any of this feels familiar, you can take this test to assess whether you might have ADHD.
January 16th Hot Topic – ADHD OASIS January Virtual Meetup: How to Get ADHD ADA Accommodations, what to ask for and how to get them without having to disclose
Who Should Attend
Our monthly virtual meetups are designed to foster collaboration and support within our ADHD tech community, but you’re welcome if you work in other industries.
To ensure a focused environment, we kindly ask ADHD coaches not to join these events. ADHD Oasis meetups are not a place to coach group members or to actively seek clients. Thank you for your understanding.
Join us to explore when and how to disclose your neurodivergence at work. We all understand how unsafe it can be to share that you have ADHD with your coworkers and bosses. Share your experiences and learn from your fellow professionals with ADHD.
Come learn how to decrease your neurodiverse challenges while building relationships with fellow ADHDers and neurodiverse peers who are on similar journeys.
You can attend these virtual Meetups on the third Thursday of every month.
Our monthly virtual meetups are designed to foster collaboration and support within our ADHD tech community, but you’re also welcome if you work in other industries.
To ensure a focused environment, we kindly ask ADHD coaches not to join these events. ADHD Oasis meetups are not a place to coach group members or to actively seek clients. Thank you for your understanding.
Instead of being lonely in your experience, come laugh, learn, and connect with your community.
The Agenda
You are welcome to show up late or leave early to suit your schedule. We understand that this is a workday event and unexpected priorities arise. We’re neurodiverse and understand these realities. 🙂
12:00pm – Welcome!
12:05pm – Community discussion of today’s main neurodiverse topic
12:20pm – Breakout into small groups to discuss the topic further and meet some new friends
12:45pm – Return to the main Zoom room to share stories and learnings from your breakout group experience
1:00pm – Closing and farewell until the Meetup next month
Pre-Event Reading
ADHD Accommodations Workplace Guide
Workplace Accommodations for ADHD: What are They and How to Request Them
During the confidential Meetups, we share personal and professional struggles as well as systems and strategies to overcome your executive functioning and working memory challenges like anxiety, overwhelm, miscommunication, interrupting, inattentiveness, stress, distractability, procrastination, paperwork fails, imposter syndrome, having to mask your neurodivergence at work, and weak organization skills. Welcome!
ADHD Coaching and Community Group Experiences:
“Six months ago I felt stuck and now I feel very unstuck. After getting my ADHD diagnosis I had made some massive improvements in my work and on my personal goals, but still felt like things could be better. I wanted to rise faster in my career than I was able to on my own. I wasn’t living up to the standards and expectations I had for myself. Coaching with Brett has helped me overcome the blind spots that were keeping me from creating meaningful momentum with my work and goals. The bottom line is that before I was running in place making slow progress and now I’m running forward with traction.”
– B Carter, Software Engineer II, Microsoft
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“I learned more from today‘s conversation about ADHD and its effect on executive function, as well as tips/tools that might help improve certain functions/behaviors in the workplace than I have with several hours of direct counseling. The New Tech ADHD OASIS meetup was extremely inspiring and I have a lot of homework to do based on what I heard today.”
– N.S., Director, Business Development
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“Coaching with Brett Greene has been an important part of my journey towards accepting and managing my ADHD diagnosis. Being a part of a group of other professionals who are also affected by ADHD has been not only cathartic but has also made me more comfortable with sharing my diagnosis and my experiences with others. Brett has done a wonderful job of managing the group, striking the right balance between providing structure and topics to the coaching sessions, while allowing the group to share their experiences and strategies and ultimately dictate the flow of the sessions.”
– Niki Yoshiuchi, Lead MTS, Salesforce
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“Coaching with Brett Greene has been eye-opening and invaluable. It has helped me to think about my neurodiversity as an asset rather than a weakness. I’ve enjoyed being in a group of other professionals with ADHD to learn from other people’s experiences. In our sessions I’ve gotten help for everything from planning to public speaking and career direction. I’ve also developed healthy new daily habits, such as leaving my phone in another room while working for at least a couple hours every day. I always have positive warm feelings following our sessions. Our coaching conversations consistently end with a sense of energy and optimism that’s missing during my day-to-day work week. It’s been incredible to go over career planning, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, ADHD, leadership development, relationship building, and public speaking in ways that connect all of these dots together. I’ve never come close to doing anything this personally and professionally powerful before.”
– TH, Amazon
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“I didn’t find out that I had ADHD until I was 51. Getting that diagnosis put a lot of things in perspective for me as someone who has been starting SAAS companies for 20 years. There’s a reason why I’m attracted to entrepreneurship. First, it taps into a lot of the things I’m good at around problem solving and getting a healthy dose of new challenges. Second, I probably wasn’t a terrific employee. My undiagnosed ADHD made it hard for me to be good at taking on complex projects, staying organized, and meeting deadlines. Unfortunately, working for myself didn’t make me good at that stuff, it just meant that I couldn’t get fired. Brett has really helped me to level up as an entrepreneur. Together, we’ve been ramping up my executive function skills so that I can delegate better, get big projects done more efficiently, and spend more time leveraging my ADHD superpowers. I’m having more fun than I’ve ever had and becoming the entrepreneur I’ve always wanted to be.”
–RG, serial SaaS founder & CRO
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