Neurodiversity & Advocacy

I’m autistic and ADHD — AuDHD — and queer, and I work in tech. For a long time I kept those parts of myself folded away at work. I don’t anymore, and I’ve started writing and speaking about it, because the version of me who needed to hear “you’re not broken, you’re just wired differently” didn’t have anyone saying it.

What I talk about

• Being AuDHD in a technical career — the real accommodations, executive function, and the cost of masking — not the inspirational-poster version.
• Accessibility & inclusive defaults — why building for the edges makes things better for everyone, and how teams can do it without a big budget.
• Showing up whole — being openly queer and neurodivergent at work, and what managers can do to make that safe.
• The honest middle of a neurodivergent career — the wins, the wall, and the bits nobody puts on LinkedIn.

Bring me to your stage

Meetup, conference track, panel, internal lunch-and-learn — if you want someone to talk plainly and warmly about neurodivergence and queerness in tech, I’d love to. I’m not here to be the polished expert with everything figured out; I’m here as someone a few steps down the same road, turning around to say it’s walkable, and here’s where the potholes are.

I write about all of this on the blog, too. You bring the audience — I’ll bring the honesty (and, let’s be real, the coffee).