Date and time
Many neurodivergent employees experience hidden challenges at work, including masking, overwhelm, communication difficulties and cognitive exhaustion, often while appearing highly capable externally. This webinar will explore the less visible impact neurodiversity can have within workplace environments and how organisations can better support employee wellbeing, engagement and retention.
The session will provide practical insight into the lived experience of neurodivergent employees and highlight small but meaningful changes that can significantly improve workplace inclusion and performance.
- The hidden cognitive load experienced by many neurodivergent employees
- The impact of masking on wellbeing and burnout
- Why organisation, prioritisation and meetings can become overwhelming
- Common workplace misunderstandings around ADHD and autism
- The emotional impact of unclear communication and constant context switching
- What employees report as genuinely helpful workplace support
- Practical workplace adjustments managers can implement immediately
- Creating psychologically safe and neuroinclusive teams
- HR professionals
- Managers and team leaders
- DEI and wellbeing teams
- Occupational Health professionals
- Senior leadership teams
- Workplace wellbeing leads
Organised by
The ADHD Centre
Speakers of the event
Alexandra Loewe, BMus, MA, DipTCA
ADHD & Mindfulness Coach at The ADHD Centre
Alexandra Loewe brings 30 years of experience in education and mentoring, having worked with diverse groups across ages and abilities. She has guided young people in building social and creative skills, supported elderly individuals with dementia in singing programmes to reconnect communication pathways, and now works as a qualified ADHD coach with adults and children on the autism and ADHD spectrum. Alexandra has trained as a mindfulness practitioner for children and adults and has an online Essential Mindfulness for ADHD course via the ADHD Centre website. She is the Wellness Lead at the ADHD Centre.
In addition to her work in ADHD coaching, Alexandra leads workshops on: unpacking ADHD for schools and universities, sharing strategies to increase emotional intelligence and mental resilience, and on: accommodations in the workplace, alongside personalised one-to-one coaching.
She also offers bespoke parenting courses to support parents who have children recently diagnosed with ADHD and Autism. This is a highly specialised programme to strengthen executive functions, combining mindfulness exercises with brain-training games to support focus, organisation, and resilience for parents and their children. She has also created an online Essential Parenting Course accessible to any parent, with or without an assessment from the
Dr. Catherine Muyeba, BScHB MB ChB MRCPsych MSc
Regional Lead Consultant Psychiatrist & Certified Lifestyle Physician at The ADHD Centre
Dr Catherine Muyeba is a Regional Lead Consultant Psychiatrist based in the North West of England. She is a specialist in general adult and addiction psychiatry with extensive experience in the assessment, diagnosis and management of mental health and substance misuse disorders in adults and young persons in the community, in-patient units and in prisons.
She is particularly interested in dual diagnosis relating to Adult ADHD, and the importance of treating the conditions concurrently.
