E12: Brian Woo

Brian Woo is an ADHDer who stutters. He first noticed that he struggled with ADHD symptoms in college in 2014. In hindsight, his ADHD symptoms were present even before that, but were missed, and one factor may have been his stuttering. Brian considers himself a well-informed, self-identified person with ADHD, after a very extensive, in-depth assessment in 2015 by his Disability Counsellor at college (which wasn’t enough for a full diagnosis, but ADHD was likely). Since being involved in both the Disability Community and the Neurodivergent Community, Brian realized the importance of the Stuttering Community to be open to learning from and being involved in these other communities as stuttering is a form of neurodivergence.

Brian shares his journey and increases awareness of stuttering, ADHD, and mental health on his Instagram accounts @StutteringLoudly and @StutteringIsNeurodivergence and on Twitter @StutteringNeuro He is also the creator of a Facebook support group called “Stuttering is Neurodivergence”.

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