In your application call (not the letter!), make it clear that you are neurodivergent. Make it clear that you can be brilliant if you can do things the way you need to. Make it clear that it can backfire badly if they expect that you can be handled “by the book”. Make sure your future team knows this. And try to get to know the whole team first in a 1-2h call.
In many cases they will reject you on this basis. But there are a few, if rare, companies that will accept that. And these were the best jobs I had. Because the people know what to expect, and especially know what to NOT expect.
(May won’t work for all Jobs. I’m in IT, so neurodivergent people aren’t that uncommon. Maybe other fields look drastically different)
I would never recommend people out themselves to a potential employer. I talk about my ADHD and amphetamines lots at work now but that’s because I’m in a position where I am a relatively rare commodity and my job is already seen as the weirdos on site. I do it knowing it won’t make my job easier but because I see so many apprentices struggling with the same shit without realizing they might just be different from other people. And the amphetamine talk shocks people which I find funny but anyways. Maybe some day it’ll be OK to do but for now I have to assume that outting yourself as autistic or ADHD is just a good way to get discriminated against in most fields.
Tip for people without urgency for a new job.
In your application call (not the letter!), make it clear that you are neurodivergent. Make it clear that you can be brilliant if you can do things the way you need to. Make it clear that it can backfire badly if they expect that you can be handled “by the book”. Make sure your future team knows this. And try to get to know the whole team first in a 1-2h call.
In many cases they will reject you on this basis. But there are a few, if rare, companies that will accept that. And these were the best jobs I had. Because the people know what to expect, and especially know what to NOT expect.
(May won’t work for all Jobs. I’m in IT, so neurodivergent people aren’t that uncommon. Maybe other fields look drastically different)
I would never recommend people out themselves to a potential employer. I talk about my ADHD and amphetamines lots at work now but that’s because I’m in a position where I am a relatively rare commodity and my job is already seen as the weirdos on site. I do it knowing it won’t make my job easier but because I see so many apprentices struggling with the same shit without realizing they might just be different from other people. And the amphetamine talk shocks people which I find funny but anyways. Maybe some day it’ll be OK to do but for now I have to assume that outting yourself as autistic or ADHD is just a good way to get discriminated against in most fields.