ADHDAF

Episode 41: Black Women have ADHD too, Abigail Agyei MBE


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Abigail Agyei is SOMETHING ELSE! This award-winning Senior Policy Advisor, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion and Neurodiversity Advocate has late diagnosed ADHD and Dyspraxia.  Alongside being awarded MBE  in 2022, she previously won the 2020 Civil Service Rising Star Award for her dedication to public service & amplifying the voices of ethnic minority people to create inclusive, safe and accountable culture. Give the woman a medal...actually, don't bother THE KING ALREADY DID! :)

Abigail is passionate about intersectional identities and raising Neurodiversity Awareness, especially in Black girls/Women who are mis/underdiagnosed due to gaps in addressing Black women’s needs in healthcare and the cultural pressures and expectations of Black women.

In the Top 50 Most Influential Neurodivergent Women by Women Beyond the Box, she recently did a Tedx on ADHD in Black WomenTHANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing your late ADHD Diagnosis story Abigail, YOU TOTAL LEGEND!

We've been interviewed on Untangled and Mindvox Podcasts! Have a listen, and check out Hannah Huxford's new ADHD Book and song!

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MASSIVE thank you to our Patreon pledgers! With more supoport we will be able to continue producing ADHD As Females.  In particular a massive thank you to our Gold Tier Patrons: Margarida, Sarah Newell, Ola Czarnecka, Rach Slatts, Callan, Rachael Riley, Derec Thompson,  Leanne S, Laura Fleming, Clare Wilson, Michelle Corcoran, Dee Naylor, Samantha Knowles-Owen, Kim Pierpoint, Sinéad McDermott, Amy Davies, Ceci, Kelsey Fehlberg, Katherine Wilkinson, Bee Wood, Lou Young, Alana Pignatiello, Elle Macpherson, Katharine Kaufman, Lorna Crowe, N.Scott, Suzanne Tanser, Philippa Pickering, Katy Smtih, Jenna King, Jacqueline McGeachie,
Lynn McKenna McNally, Seonaid Macdonald, Jennifer Wilson, Roz King, Joanne Eccles, Rachel Stewart, Ali O'Connor, Lauren Mitchell, Claire Turner,
Ani Kemsley, Amanda Thomson, Lizee Oliver, Allie Warren, Nicola Mackenzie-Cracknell, Michelle Bellyou, Olivia Dyer, Gurjit Thandi, Elizabeth O'Farrell, Nikol Dicheva, Yvonne Delaney, Ailish Lyall, Jody Ellen, Kerrie Challinor, Charlotte Holtom,
Heesoo Lee, Nyki McKenzie, Ruth Lester, Kimi Wright, Rachel Williams, Sahra Zekiri, Lorna Lou, Ruth Berry, Karen McCullough, Chelsie Louise, Megan Lau, Kirsty Cassell,
Susy Putnam, Jackie Allen, Helen Mcewan, Nic Hewitt, Sara Braid, Carly Taylor, Jen M, Adella Oconnor, Claire Protherough, Adella Louise, Reece English, Cara Aurora,
Brittney Cook, Claire Dowling and Molly Gladman who have helped make this episode happen; raising much needed ADHD awareness and providing validation and information to those who desperately need it. JOIN US!

TW: Medication, late diagnosis, relationship struggles, misdiagnosed/undiagnosed ADHD due to race & gender inequality. 



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