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  • girl@lemm.eetoADHD@lemmy.worldAccomodations?
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    7 months ago

    Two small accommodations that have worked for me as a biochemist working in a lab.

    One is that she needs to give deadlines for requests. She cant just say “get that to me ASAP” because does ASAP mean drop everything and do it now, stay late to finish what she needs tonight, or end of day tomorrow, etc. Or “hey I need ____” with no specified timeline, doesn’t work. She knows that my time blindness means I don’t remember how long ago she told me to do something, and I’m so busy with other shit that I easily lose track. I think it’s been two days, it’s actually been two weeks. She now gives me due dates. It’s less stressful than never knowing when she actually needs something.

    Another is if I’m running an experiment then I can’t listen in to meetings like everyone else, because I get distracted and fuck up my experiment. My boss knows that if my experiment is the higher priority then I won’t attend any meetings during that time, and she’s fine with it. If it’s an important meeting I have to plan my experiment around it, or just do it another day.

    I’m not sure if these qualify exactly. I didn’t have to go to HR to document my disorder and request these accommodations, I just talked to my boss as these things became problems.



  • am a girl

    get very greasy and acne riddled during puberty

    very much not pretty

    have embarrassing moments when my period surprised me, bled through my pants onto seats several times

    get severely debilitating cramps and have to stick cotton up there several times a day for a week every month

    have to deal with this every month for another ~30 years

    then get to look forward to menopause

    yea wtf is his problem

    Also I like long noses and hooked noses, I think they look cool and give character, my husband has one hell of a nose. Women can get hooked/long noses too.