A growing number of Irish women in their 30s, 40s and 50s are realising they are neurodivergent – and are embracing the discovery

Barrister Nessa Hill who was late-diagnosed with ADHD. Photo: Mark Condren

Barrister Nessa Hill who was late-diagnosed with ADHD. Photo: Mark Condren

‘My identification as ADHD came about after my daughter was being assessed,” says Nessa Hill, a barrister, CEO of Neurodiversity Ireland, and mother of two neurodivergent little girls.

“I was looking at the forms for my daughter, going: ‘OK, all of these things, they’re describing me.’