Many of us who have had a late diagnosis of neurodivergence, or discover through our own research that we are neurodivergent, find the experience to be destabilisng.

As well as being incredibly freeing in many ways, it can also knock our confidence in ourselves and cause us to ask deep questions about our identities.

We might start to ask questions like:

• How on Earth was this missed for so long?
• What's my personality and what's my diagnosis?
• How many of my past mental health diagnoses were wrong?
• How do I tell my friends and family about my diagnosis?
• How do I advocate for myself at work and in relationships?
• How do I better plan my work and my life with this newfound self-knowledge?
• Why can't I seem to 'mask' anymore?

In this roundtable, Joyfully Different Co-Founder Alice Reeves is joined by Helen 'H' Davies, NHS Clinical Director, ADHD Aware Trustee & Non-Exec Director of Joyfully Different, to delve deeper into the experience of late neurodivergent diagnosis and how to manage it for ourselves, exploring questions including:

• How do you 'come out' as neurodivergent (if you want to)?
• How can learning you're neurodivergent change your relationship with your identity?
• How can you advocate for yourself in both personal and professional relationships?

Helen and Alice share their personal stories of late diagnosis, and open up the discussion to anyone else who wants to take part and share their experience or ask questions.