Janella on Growing Up Asian & AuDHD + Advocacy + Accommodations

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00:01:03: Meet Filipino-Korean AuDHDer Janella of “Diversity in Neurodiversity” and learn what her platform does differently for autistic and ADHD folks of color.

00:02:09: Follow Janella’s late-diagnosis path from a friend of color’s revelation to her own suspicions — and what finally pushed her to seek answers.

00:03:26: How an LAX sensory overload moment that reframed everything, and how one incident can catalyze a search for language and self-understanding.

00:05:17: Peek inside the diagnostic assessment maze (referrals, waitlists, criteria) and hear Janella’s mindset shift that made the waiting period unexpectedly useful.

00:09:33: How Asian cultural expectations can complicate family input on childhood traits, and why that tension didn’t derail Janella’s diagnosis.

00:11:22: Learn how a simultaneous AuDHD diagnosis landed for Janella — and why accepting one part felt easier for her than the other at first.

00:21:33: How gender roles, sensory needs, and queerness intersected across Janella’s life — and why naming difference opened up confidence instead of closing doors.

00:26:37: What thriving at work with accommodations can look like for an autistic person managing people daily, and why structure plus novelty turned out to be a strength.

00:42:00: What Janella wants newly diagnosed or questioning BIPOC listeners to know about mapping identities, spotting strengths, and finding your people.

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