# Practical techniques and support strategies that help everyone

- **Episode:** [173](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/173.md) (2025-02-20)
- **Type:** interview
- **Tags:** adhd, support, strategies
- **Time:** 8:37–10:55 (start 517s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/173?t=517](https://truthliesandwork.com/173?t=517)

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[8:37] Leanne Elliott: And what might some of those techniques or support Um, strategies look like?
[8:41] Skye Waterson: Yeah, it really depends on the workplace. This is where I tend to get very tactical. You know, if you're working in government, for example, there's less that we can do because they're much more strict. But, you know, if you're working in a reasonable office, maybe you're like, you've got this difference of, you know, where you can work. Maybe you can work in a coffee shop, but you can also work in, in the office, and maybe there's a few quiet spaces. I think number one thing I would say is like, let people do what they need. to increase and reduce their stimulation. So basically, sometimes we can be overstimulated. There's too much noise, too much going on. It's too distracting. Maybe you need to go and work in a quieter space. But equally, sometimes, you know, we've all been in those offices where there's no light and nobody, and it feels like you're enclosed. And so, you know, maybe you need to be able to go and work in a space that's got a little bit more going on, you know, increase your stimulation a little bit more. So that kind of flexibility can be really good. Flexibility around what time you can come to work can be really good as well, like even shifting it by a couple of hours. So maybe you can start— it doesn't even have to be shifting it to later. You could say you're allowed to come in from, you know, 7:00 AM, things like that. A lot of these things are more available now post-COVID, which has been really good. Those things can help. And then also just a super practical one that I always say, because people don't do it, is If you have a meeting room, put a clock in your meeting room and make sure the person who's running the meeting can see the clock. Because if you are working with somebody who has ADHD and they're giving a quick 5-minute presentation and there's no clock in view, the chances that it's going to be a quick 5-minute presentation are very slim because we do not sense time in the same way as neurotypicals
[10:30] Leanne Elliott: I think that's such an interesting aspect of the perception of of time. And, and I think any, you know, any little nuggets like that can maybe just help, help us to reflect and, and educate ourselves that— because there has been a huge rise in ADHD diagnoses, and particularly in adults. Do you have any, any suggestion or any, any reason as to why that might be?