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How masking creates accommodation anxiety

I've been masking my ADHD symptoms so well at work that I'm terrified to ask for accommodations because they might realize I'm not as competent as they think.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're trapped between the exhaustion of hiding your disability and the fear that visibility will cost you respect.

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