November 2025 Neurodiversity Newsletter Issue #2
The November 2025 Neurodiversity Newsletter is a warm, practical issue focused on neurodivergent lived experience, adult autism assessment, ADHD education, executive functioning, financial wellbeing, Disability Tax Credit information, and upcoming community learning events. It brings together personal reflection, clinical support pathways, professional training, and practical strategies from the Adult ADHD Centre, ADHD Centre for Women, Adult Autism Centre, ADHD Training Academy, and partner contributors.
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Neurodiversity, lived experience, and self-acceptance
The issue opens with a welcome message celebrating, supporting, and empowering neurodivergent individuals and their communities. It introduces the newsletter’s purpose: to share insights on ADHD, autism, and other neurodiverse experiences while highlighting resources, advocacy updates, and lived experience stories.
Neurodiversity POV: Andrea Dasilva, Registered Clinical Counsellor, reflects on what it means to live as part of the neurodivergent community. Her piece explores the effort required to navigate everyday tasks, the exhaustion of needing accommodations or adaptations, and the importance of accepting ourselves without trying to erase disability or neurodivergence. The article emphasizes hope, dignity, support, and the freedom that can come from finding ways of living that are truly doable.
Adult autism assessment and accessible support
The Adult Autism Centre section explains the step-by-step process for adult autism assessment and why assessment can be an important path toward clarity, self-understanding, and support.
The newsletter outlines the assessment journey, including defining goals, gathering information, completing the assessment tool, participating in an interview, and receiving an assessment report. It also highlights that ADHD and autism can share overlapping symptoms, including attention differences, social-cue interpretation challenges, and sensory sensitivities.
The Adult Autism Centre is presented as an accessible, neuroaffirming option for adults across Canada. The issue notes that the assessment cost is $2,500, with the Parhar Compassion Program available for eligible patients, reducing the total cost to $1,500. It also explains that a diagnosis can support accommodations, self-acceptance, environmental adjustments, skill development, support systems, routine development, sensory regulation, and social strategies.
ADHD education and professional training
The newsletter highlights the ADHD Training Academy and its ADHD-Certified Expert Practicing Professional program.
The section explains that ADHD affects approximately 1 in 20 adults in Canada and that many adults continue to experience barriers in workplaces, schools, healthcare settings, and daily life. The ADHD-CEPP program is positioned as a professional training pathway for people supporting adults with ADHD across education, healthcare, business, social work, human resources, and communications.
The program includes 12 learning modules, each focused on a different aspect of ADHD, with an exam at the end of each module. Learners who complete the program can apply for the ADHD-CEPP designation.
Financial wellbeing, executive function, and ADHD
A major November theme is practical support for money, debt, and executive functioning.
Ditching Debt with ADHD: This B.E.S.T. member-exclusive webinar features financial coach Danielle Abbott of Damsel Financial Coaching. The session focuses on helping adults with ADHD break free from debt, manage budgeting, reduce financial overwhelm, and build ADHD-friendly routines for mindful spending and confidence.
Understanding How Executive Skills Coaching Can Help Adults with ADHD: Mark Sperber explains how executive skills coaching can help adults with ADHD move from feeling scattered to building consistent, practical systems. His article explains executive functions as the brain’s “CEO,” covering focus, planning, time management, and emotional regulation. The Executive Skills Coaching approach is described as a 12-week, evidence-based process built around accountability, SMART goals, structure, behaviour tracking, feedback, and sustainable progress.
ADHD, autism, brain fog, and workplace support
The November issue also includes several webinars designed for adults, professionals, and families looking to better understand ADHD, autism, and overlapping support needs.
ADHD Lounge: ADHD and Autism: This free webinar for working professionals, hosted by Drs. Gurdeep and Anita Parhar, explores symptom overlap, inclusive workplaces, accommodations, and supports for neurodiverse communities.
ADHD & Brain Fog: This B.E.S.T. member-exclusive webinar with Dr. Gurdeep Parhar focuses on mental fatigue, forgetfulness, focus challenges, and practical strategies to support clarity, cognitive energy, mindfulness, routines, and executive functioning.
ADHD and Autism: The Similarities and Differences: This free webinar with Dr. Anita Parhar and Dr. Gurdeep Parhar explores overlapping traits and key differences between ADHD and autism, with research-backed insights, support strategies, and a Q&A for individuals, families, and professionals.
Team, contributors, and staying connected
The closing page highlights the team behind the issue, including Patrick Wachter, Dr. Anita Parhar, Dr. Gurdeep Parhar, Devon Krahenbil, and Chandler Cumming. It also thanks contributing writers Andrea Dasilva and Mark Sperber and invites readers to submit story ideas for future issues of Neurodiversity News.
The issue closes by encouraging readers to stay connected, attend upcoming events, and continue engaging with resources that support neurodivergent adults, families, professionals, and communities.