What is your role at ADHD Australia?
I help ADHD Australia audience connect with audiences through digital marketing.
Why did you get involved in ADHD Australia?
My motivation comes from my own lived experience – I know what it’s like to want to connect with others who truly get you. I’m passionate about helping people find that sense of belonging, so they don’t feel isolated or marginalised.
What excites you about volunteering with ADHD Australia? What programs or initiatives are you passionate about?
I am excited to learn from the team about the marketing technologies that are used on the project. I also excited to help find ways to help make it easy for people to connect with ADHD Australia.
What changes or improvements would you like to see in how ADHD is addressed or supported in the community?
All mental health is important and understanding ADHD is just a part of that bigger picture.
October is ADHD Awareness Month, and the theme is “Awareness is Key”. How important is awareness? What does ADHD awareness mean to you?
Personally, I feel it is all more about neurodiversity. The more we become aware of what makes us uniquely us then I think it we can better understand each other.
What is an ADHD stereotype/myth that you want to break?
That ADHD people are troublesome.
What is a tip/hack/strategy that helps you navigate your ADHD?
Listening to people who have ADHD and gently redirecting the conversation if it is going down a rabbit hole.
What piece of advice can you share with someone who is just starting their journey in understanding ADHD?
We are all on some sort of spectrum of all sorts of things and that is what makes us all special.
