Bridget Hampstead

Yeah, I'm happy to be here with you.

Yeah, I'm happy to be here with you.

Yeah, I'm happy to be here with you.

So I'm an ADHD person myself, and just because of my own neurodivergence and my experience, my kind of what I thought was a very unique experience of my neurodivergence, I'm coming to learn is not so different from other late diagnosed autistic women. What began me on that road.

So I'm an ADHD person myself, and just because of my own neurodivergence and my experience, my kind of what I thought was a very unique experience of my neurodivergence, I'm coming to learn is not so different from other late diagnosed autistic women. What began me on that road.

So I'm an ADHD person myself, and just because of my own neurodivergence and my experience, my kind of what I thought was a very unique experience of my neurodivergence, I'm coming to learn is not so different from other late diagnosed autistic women. What began me on that road.

And then I was working for a big name disability organization, spearheading a program that was training and educating autistic youth in coding and computer languages. And then we were finding them jobs in the tech industry. And I was left to my own devices to spearhead that program. And so I set it up as a neuroaffirming program.

And then I was working for a big name disability organization, spearheading a program that was training and educating autistic youth in coding and computer languages. And then we were finding them jobs in the tech industry. And I was left to my own devices to spearhead that program. And so I set it up as a neuroaffirming program.

And then I was working for a big name disability organization, spearheading a program that was training and educating autistic youth in coding and computer languages. And then we were finding them jobs in the tech industry. And I was left to my own devices to spearhead that program. And so I set it up as a neuroaffirming program.

And what I found was that we could get people trained and get them jobs. And that kind of wasn't an issue. The issue was them keeping the jobs once they got them because the companies that were receiving them were not prepared to accommodate them or to manage them in a way that worked for them.

And what I found was that we could get people trained and get them jobs. And that kind of wasn't an issue. The issue was them keeping the jobs once they got them because the companies that were receiving them were not prepared to accommodate them or to manage them in a way that worked for them.

And what I found was that we could get people trained and get them jobs. And that kind of wasn't an issue. The issue was them keeping the jobs once they got them because the companies that were receiving them were not prepared to accommodate them or to manage them in a way that worked for them.

You know, I was kind of struggling with how do we prepare employers to take these people on and is what we're doing ethical, like training people and finding them jobs that they can't keep, is that useful to anyone at all? And so I was really struggling with that.

You know, I was kind of struggling with how do we prepare employers to take these people on and is what we're doing ethical, like training people and finding them jobs that they can't keep, is that useful to anyone at all? And so I was really struggling with that.

You know, I was kind of struggling with how do we prepare employers to take these people on and is what we're doing ethical, like training people and finding them jobs that they can't keep, is that useful to anyone at all? And so I was really struggling with that.

And I went to a conference in Italy with my partner and the conference brought together indigenous and first nations peoples from all over the world And a lot of the conference was about food, food ways and natural ways of producing food and cultural ties to food and stuff. Even though that was kind of the topic of the conference,

And I went to a conference in Italy with my partner and the conference brought together indigenous and first nations peoples from all over the world And a lot of the conference was about food, food ways and natural ways of producing food and cultural ties to food and stuff. Even though that was kind of the topic of the conference,

And I went to a conference in Italy with my partner and the conference brought together indigenous and first nations peoples from all over the world And a lot of the conference was about food, food ways and natural ways of producing food and cultural ties to food and stuff. Even though that was kind of the topic of the conference,

What ended up being the real topic of the conference, underlying everything that everybody talked about, were communities. These communal ways of mutual aid and taking care of every member of the society and people coming together to help people.

What ended up being the real topic of the conference, underlying everything that everybody talked about, were communities. These communal ways of mutual aid and taking care of every member of the society and people coming together to help people.