Neurodivergent Women at Work – 90 min Webinar

Late recognition, masking and burnout. For managers, HR and women’s networks.

A generation of autistic and ADHD girls was missed by every system meant to spot them. They learned early to watch, copy, rehearse and cope, and nobody noticed what it cost. Those girls are now women in your workforce: often senior, often exceptional, often exhausted.

This is the corporate session we are more qualified to deliver than anyone: the national charity for the girls the system missed, on what happens when they grow up.

Duration: 1.5 hours (60 minutes training, 30 minutes Q&A)

Format: Virtual (unless otherwise arranged)

Price: £500 (no VAT). For audiences over 40, contact us for pricing.

Scheduling: UK time; lunchtime and twilight sessions available

The challenge

The coping strategies of a missed girl look exactly like a model employee: unflappable, over-prepared, never asks for anything. Organisations reward the performance and never see the cost, until it arrives as burnout, sudden resignation or a breakdown that “came out of nowhere.”

Many of these women are only now recognising their own neurodivergence, often in their forties and fifties, often after a daughter’s recognition triggers their own. The workplaces that understand what is happening will keep their best people through it. The rest will lose them and never know why.

What you’ll learn

  • The missed generation. Why girls were missed: the male reference picture, early masking, and the mislabels that followed them into work.

  • Masking at work. What professional masking looks like, what it costs, and why your most polished performer may be paying most.

  • The road to burnout. The reliability-fear cycle, the late warning signs, and why neurodivergent burnout doesn’t repair with a fortnight off.

  • Lowering the masking tax. Whole-team defaults that make the mask less necessary, without requiring anyone to disclose.

  • Managing women like this well. Believing disclosure, holding steady through unmasking, and protecting recovered ground.

  • If this is you. A section for the women recognising themselves, including routes to assessment and community.

Who this training is for

Managers, HR, EDI leads, women’s networks and whole organisations. Expect this session to be personal for some attendees; it is designed to hold that safely, and it pairs naturally with our line manager and adjustments sessions.

All of our training is neuro-affirmative, practical, and delivered by neurodivergent trainers with lived experience. And because autistic girls network is a charity, your training fees directly fund free support for families of neurodivergent young people.

Book this training

Contact us to book, or to talk about a bespoke version for your organisation or sector: hello@autisticgirlsnetwork.org.

If you’ve recognised yourself in this page, you’re in good company. Our website and free community are open to you too: start at autisticgirlsnetwork.org.