ADHD creates specific speaking challenges: difficulty staying on a linear structure, over-elaborating on tangents, time management during delivery, and maintaining focus during long rehearsals. These challenges have specific solutions and many people with ADHD become compelling and energetic speakers once they find their approach.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Structure as a speaking anchor
ADHD speakers tend to lose their place within complex structure. Simplify to three main points maximum and know them by heart as a recovery anchor. When you have gone on a tangent, knowing your three points means you always have a clear place to return to.
Short focused rehearsal bursts
Long rehearsal sessions often do not work well for ADHD. Practise in 10 to 15-minute bursts with a specific focus for each burst. One burst on the opening, one on each main section, one on the closing. Short focused sessions are more productive than long unfocused ones.
Use movement in practice
Many people with ADHD think and speak better when moving. Practise your presentation while walking. Standing practice tends to produce more energy and better recall than seated practice for ADHD speakers.
TLDR:Lucy works well as a practice partner for ADHD speakers because you can stop and restart, explore tangents and return to structure, and practise in short focused bursts rather than demanding sustained long-form rehearsal. Work with your natural rhythm rather than against it.
ADHD speakers tend to lose their place within complex structure. Simplify to three main points maximum and know them by heart as a recovery anchor. When you have gone on a tangent, knowing your three points means you always have a clear place to return to.
Long rehearsal sessions often do not work well for ADHD. Practise in 10 to 15-minute bursts with a specific focus for each burst. One burst on the opening, one on each main section, one on the closing. Short focused sessions are more productive than long unfocused ones.
Many people with ADHD think and speak better when moving. Practise your presentation while walking. Standing practice tends to produce more energy and better recall than seated practice for ADHD speakers.
Time management in live speaking is a common challenge with ADHD. Use timed sections in rehearsal and have a visible timer in delivery. Knowing you have used four of your allocated five minutes for a section provides the external regulation that keeps delivery on track.
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