Late Diagnosed AuDHD, Leadership, and What Masking Means To Me with Nicola Knobel

What's your internal "script" that you follow when dealing with troublesome situations? If you have to consciously remember to keep a straight face when confronted with something stressful, you are far from alone. Nicola Knobel spent most of her life masking, frustrated with having to defend her actions and expend significant amounts of energy just to be like everyone else. "But you're so extroverted!" people would say...Because everyone expected her to be that way. Having been diagnosed with autism and ADHD (also known as AuDHD) well into adulthood and parenthood, Nicola opens up on our latest episode about her diagnosis journey, honest masking, and letting her guard down around her coworkers. Transcript available on https://autistic-techie.com/late-diagnosed-audhd-leadership-and-what-masking-means-to-me-with-nicola-knobel Nicola Knobel social media: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/safetea-podcast-with-nicola-and-deborah/id1725407097 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolaknobel/ https://nicolaknobel.com/