OHT Mental Health: Rethinking ADHD: Innovation, Inclusion & Everyday Tech

What if ADHD traits were adaptive by evolutionary design, but mismatched by our environment?

Traits like distractibility and impulsivity - so often labelled as deficits - can also look like exploratory attention, rapid-response curiosity, and lateral problem-solving. In fast-moving innovation spaces, those qualities spark discovery, prototyping, and creative leaps. Yet in schools, offices, and “always-on” cultures that prize single-track focus, the same traits can feel out of place and misunderstood.

This open chat asks how technology and design can meet neurodivergent needs on purpose. From AI note-takers and attention-aware tools to platforms that shape how we seek support, we’ll explore where tech helps, where it harms, and how to build products that work with spiky cognitive profiles - not against them.

We’ll also dig into equity and access. Long waiting lists, postcode lotteries, paywalls, and patchy specialist availability push many people toward apps and digital platforms. What does that say…