Talks and workshops on neurodiversity and invisible disabilities
Most of the things that shape a working life are ones you can’t see. ADHD. Autism. Dyslexia. The anxiety someone manages quietly all day. The condition a colleague has learned to hide so well that hiding it costs more than the condition itself. I’m a clinical psychologist in Singapore who works with invisible disabilities every week, and I have ADHD myself. So when I stand in front of your people, I’m speaking from the clinic and from the inside.
Organisations I have worked with include LEGO, Prudential, EtonHouse, NTUC First Campus, and Singapore’s Ministry of Social and Family Development.
Upcoming talks include a session on neurodiversity and workplace mental health at a global investment bank on 31 July 2026, and a session on invisible disabilities for LEGO on 14 October 2026.
What I speak on
Every one of these comes out of work I actually do, so none of it is theory I picked up for the stage. Tell me your audience and your goal for the day, and I’ll suggest the right one or shape something between them.
Invisible disabilities, made visible
What an invisible disability really is, and why so much of the effort happens out of sight. We go through what ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and chronic anxiety actually look like in a working adult, why people hide them, and what shifts the moment a workplace learns to see them. An awareness-and-education session built to be remembered, not just attended.
ADHD at work: the strengths, the friction, and what actually helps
What ADHD looks like beyond the stereotype. The real strengths it brings, the parts of an ordinary week that quietly become a struggle, and the small, specific adjustments that change someone’s experience of their job. My specialty.
Neurodiversity beyond the webinar
For managers and HR who have already done the awareness piece and want to know what supporting a neurodivergent colleague involves in practice: in the one-to-ones, in hiring, in the everyday. Concrete, not theoretical.
The late-diagnosed professional
Some of your strongest people are holding it together at a cost no one can see, and many aren’t recognised until they’re close to burning out. What late diagnosis looks like, why it so often arrives in adulthood, and what changes when a person is finally understood.
Men’s mental health at work
The people who most need to ask for help are often the least likely to. Why that is, and how a workplace can quietly make it easier to speak up. Drawn from my clinical work with men.
The emotional weight of ADHD at work
ADHD is not only about attention. It is the running commentary in your head, the thing you swore you would remember and didn’t, the effort of keeping a calm face while the inside is loud. We look at the emotional process underneath the diagnosis, the toll it quietly takes across a working life, and the practical ways a person copes and a team makes it safer to say “I am struggling” out loud.
Families, caregiving, and ADHD across generations
What it asks of a family when someone they love is neurodiverse. How to strengthen the relationship rather than manage the diagnosis, how to make calmer decisions about school and the choices our system puts in front of parents, and what happens when a parent recognises their own ADHD only after their child is assessed. That last one quietly reshapes a whole family, and it is more common than people think.
Formats
I offer a short talk of forty-five to sixty minutes, a longer session with real discussion for an afternoon, a half-day workshop, focused manager training, or a conference keynote. Two hours in an early afternoon, for example, is plenty of time for a proper talk with room for the questions afterwards, which is often where the most useful part happens. Tell me how long you have and who will be in the room, and I’ll shape the session around that rather than deliver the same deck twice.
If what you need is bigger than a talk, programme design, ongoing advisory, or teacher training, that work lives on my consulting page.
What your people walk away with
I keep it human. Real stories, plain language, and the evidence underneath without the jargon on top. People remember a talk when they recognise themselves, or someone they love, in it, and that recognition is where understanding starts. The aim is never just an inspiring hour that fades by Friday. It’s a room of people who understand a little more than they did, and a few concrete things the organisation can do differently the very next week.
Why a clinician, in your room
There are wonderful speakers and coaches working in this space. What I bring is a particular combination: the training of a clinical psychologist who sees these conditions every week, from the inside as well as across the desk. It means your people can ask the hard, specific questions, the ones that start with “what do I actually do when,” and get a real answer, the kind that comes from working with this clinically and living it personally.
About Dr. Ong
I’m Dr. Ong Mian Li, a clinical psychologist in Singapore. I trained in the United States, with a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a postdoctoral fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, and clinical training at Duke. I’ve spent more than a decade in this work across hospitals, clinics, and now my own practice, Lightfull Psychology, where I focus on ADHD and neurodiversity across the lifespan. My work has been featured by the Singapore Global Network. And I’m neurodivergent myself, which is less a line on a CV than the reason I do this work the way I do.
Let’s talk about your event
If you’re planning something for your people, tell me a little about them and what you want the day to do. I’ll be honest about whether I’m the right person, and if I am, we’ll build it together.
Fees depend on the format and the scope, so I quote once I understand what you need. The easiest first step is an email.
Enquire about a talkLightfull Psychology · 101 Telok Ayer Street #03-03 · Singapore 068574 · clinic@lightfull-psychology.com