Burnout can look like success — right up until it doesn't

Burnout can look like success — right up until it doesn't

Across industries, roles, and continents, the pattern is almost identical. A neurocomplex professional — brilliant, reliable, hyper-competent — gets praised for double-checking email tone, attention to detail, dedication, drive. Then they vanish. What looks like sudden collapse is usually years of masked exhaustion finally presenting the bill. For people with ADHD, autism, OCD, sensory processing differences, and other forms of neurocomplexity, burnout doesn't announce itself. It arrives disguised as overachievement. The uncomfortable question isn't "Why didn't they say anything?" It's why they felt they had to push that hard just to be taken seriously.

Gobble's Take: If your workplace only spots neurodivergent strain once the resignation letter lands, it wasn't supporting performance — it was quietly borrowing against it. Source: The Road to Burnout Is Paved with 'High-Functioning'

June is pulling double-duty: Pride Month and Autistic Pride Day

June is Pride Month, and Autistic Pride Day lands on June 18. This month's neurodiversity newsletter points readers toward webinars celebrating Autistic identity and exploring how LGBTQIA+ issues intersect with neurodivergence — a combination it frames as the "double rainbow." Autistic and neurodivergent perspectives are kept firmly at the centre throughout.

Gobble's Take: Calendar reminders are fine. The sharper point is that identity doesn't clock in and out in tidy, separate boxes. Source: Neurodiversity Newsletter June Edition

In Case You Missed It

Yesterday's top stories:

• AI as a cognitive substrate for neurodivergent work
• "Overdiagnosis" is doing political work, not neutral analysis
• Neurodiversity at work: stop rewarding the “good worker” stereotype
• Inclusive work design is not a bonus feature