ADHD Essentials ROUGH CUT: ADHD Con 2025 Day 1
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Nov 18, 2025 
In this engaging discussion, Jessica McCabe, creator of How to ADHD, explores the dynamic of over-functioning and under-functioning in relationships, offering practical strategies for navigating these challenges. Shane Thrapp emphasizes the need for greater outreach to support people with ADHD, while Inger Shay shares the significance of founding the ADHD Black Professionals Alliance for culturally specific peer support. Lucia Miri Echavarria candidly discusses balancing ADHD messaging as a content creator, shedding light on the importance of community and mentorship.
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Manage Over-Functioning In Relationships
- If you over-function, name the pattern and regulate before stepping in to help.
- Ask if the person wants help and redistribute responsibilities so you don't carry everything.
Conference As A Call To Outreach
- Conferences amplify the need to spread ADHD knowledge beyond this community to clinicians and organizations.
- Brendan and Shane urged broader outreach to ensure professionals understand and support ADHD effectively.
Creating Space For Black Professionals
- Inger Shay founded the ADHD Black Professionals Alliance after seeing almost no people of color at a 2019 conference.
- Six years later she runs peer groups and roundtables that bring Black professionals together for support.
