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Women & ADHD

Anette Jacobsen: Assessments, stigma & workplace accessibility

Women & ADHD

Katy Weber

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.9 • 685 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Episode 178 with Anette Jacobsen.

“A lot of women don’t pass the autism tests the first time because the questions are designed with young boys in mind. ‘Do you collect trains, planes, or information about birds?’ No, I don't. But right now my special interest is autism and ADHD, and you should see how many Trello boards I have.”

Anette lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. Anette never suspected she had ADHD until she lost her flexible job as the administrative manager of the largest language school for adult immigrants in Denmark due to extenuating circumstances. She went from having her own office to having to work in open-plan offices, and she found that she really struggled with focusing. After reading an article about ADHD, she started to connect the dots in her own life and was officially diagnosed at age 51.

Anette is currently looking for the right career path for her, and we discuss some of the challenges she has faced while trying to advocate for herself both in the workplace and during the interview process. 

Anette is also one of my former group coaching clients, so we catch up on how she’s been doing. We also talk about the chronic self-doubt that comes along with ADHD, especially after a lifetime spent undiagnosed, and how important it is for us to feel trusted and accepted, especially in the workplace. And we talk about some of the difficulties she encountered when seeking an autism diagnosis, as well as the drawbacks of autism assessments for adult women.


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That's something I've always noticed that I have this kind of weird thing where I have to sneak up on myself.

0:07.0

And maybe it's because I'm also demand avoidant. If I'm too obvious about what I want me to do, then I won't do it.

0:18.2

Or I'll really drag my feet.

0:25.7

Hello and welcome to the women and ADHD podcast.

0:29.9

I'm your host, Katie Weber.

0:31.4

I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 45, and it completely turned my world upside

0:37.2

down. I've been looking back at so much of my life,

0:40.3

school, jobs, my relationships, all of it with this new lens and it has been nothing short of

0:47.1

overwhelming. I quickly discovered I was not the only woman to have this experience and now I

0:52.2

interview other women who, like me, discovered in

0:55.1

adulthood they have ADHD and are finally feeling like they understand who they are and how

1:01.0

to best lean into their strengths, both professionally and personally. Well, hello there. Here we are

1:07.8

at episode 178. Can you believe it? In which I interview Annette Jacobson.

1:15.2

If you happen to listen to my interview with Lota Borg's Goglund, which was episode 170,

1:20.9

you may remember me talking about my former client and now friend Annette, who not only introduced

1:26.2

me to Lota's work, but has introduced

1:28.2

me to so many amazing books about ADHD and other resources. Well, this is the famous Annette

1:35.5

today. And if you haven't listened to Lota's interview, make sure to go back and check it out

1:39.8

because it is so good. I mean, I know that they're all good, and I say that all the time,

1:45.9

but, you know, really, seriously, if you haven't heard it, go check it out. Again, that's

1:49.9

episode 170. But first, Annette lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. She never suspected that she had ADHD

1:56.8

until she lost her flexible job as an administrative manager at the largest language school

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