Need resources to give my NT boss
TL;DR, I need resources to give my NT manager to help her understand my ND brain before I get fired.
I'm a 35yo Data Analyst, and currently on a PIP at work. These resources wouldn't save me from being terminated in itself, but I want it to help her help me.
My manager is extremely NT and doesn't understand ND whatsoever, and isn't committed to. She is highly aware I have ADHD. I haven't told her I'm possibly autistic as well (undiagnosed, but makes so much sense), but I also feel like it's not worth it.
In the past 1+ years, I've asked her to find some resources that aim managing an employee with ADHD, or at least understanding ND brains. I haven't brought it up for a while because she's said since she's NT, it's hard for her to understand why I can't just do something, and it makes me feel like shit. I've been seeing an executive functioning coach, and she sees the 'problem' being fixed solely dependent on that.
Now that I'm on the PIP, I asked her again if she had ever looked into managing an employee with ADHD and what she found. She said she'd asked a couple people with ADHD (because...you know...they're the perfect people to explain it in a NT way haha), and how she communicates very direct with me like I've asked.
In one of our meetings, she put her next action as reviewing resources for NT managing ND brains. She put my next actions as providing them. (The conversation was actually her saying she would, and just if I had anything I knew of, to send them to her.)
The following week, I said I hadn't had time to find something and she said the same. And that was the end of the conversation.
Do you have anything that has helped you educate NTs? I've come across stuff in passing over the year, but don't have anything saved specifically for it.
Please help with any resources that you know of!! Thank you so much, my ND fam!! ❤️
Posted Feb 15, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC