 Hi everyone, I think we can start. I hope you all enjoyed Drupalcon already the first two days. Anyone enjoyed it? Everyone met nice people? I really did. I have seen nice meetings, nice meet-ups and have met a lot of great people. For today I have a little presentation about something personal myself. I have Tourette's and I'm going to present you a little bit more about being in a tech company as a Tourette's afflicted Drupal developer. To present myself a little bit more I am Maché but you can call me Mathieu afterwards if that's easier to pronounce because it's a French name. I'm a developer from Belgium and as you can see I work for Calibrate, a company in Ghent. I'm a Drupal developer since 2021. I did my internship at another Drupal company and I really fell in love with the project and the open-source community around it and everyone being involved and being so nice together for each other. Drupal Dev Days 2022 was my first real-life event as a Drupal developer and I did my first Drupal.org commit there and at Drupal Dev Days I told for myself I want to be a speaker one day and actually this is my first Drupalcon and I'm a speaker already so I think it's nice. As you can see I'm diagnosed with Tourette's since 2009 but for me it's really under control. Some people maybe have seen me in the alley here but it's twitching with my neck but nothing more than that. My vocal tics are really under control so I'm able to present right now. To tick or not to tick is a quote I'm proud of because it was my block in high school. I made a block about Tourette's because this is not the only time I gave some advice to people. I had a block where I shared my experiences as a Tourette's person giving advice to people and sharing more on that. And is there anyone who knows Tourette's already because I'm talking about Tourette's but do people know it already? As you can see Tourette's it's a big iceberg where the tics are just the tip of the iceberg. Most of the time it's combined with a lot of other things you can't not always see like ADHD and other things autism and stuff. So Tourette's is a tics disorder. It's a disorder which is chronic so it can be cured but it can be under control with medication which I'm also taking. Tics can be vocal or motoric it can be a wide variety. From coughing and sneezing to making animal noises but even neck twitches or even arm movements, leg movements, jumping around. I did everything in the past so yeah it is a wide variety of tics that can happen. And one in a thousand people has Tourette's so it's not a lot but I met only I think in my life ten people who has Tourette's already so it's not a lot. And as I said it's mostly in combination with ADHD, ADD and autism but it can be a lot more but these are the most common things it can be combined with or it is combined with. This is actually a joke for myself and if you want to be inclusive always be inclusive in your forms as well because one of my tics in high school was me howling. I was me howling all the time just like I was a cat and yeah it was a funny one to include I think so to make it more often less of a dry conversation. Now I will go on for some more things on the working environment and the workplace. When I applied for my first job I told my boss immediately from the start I had Tourette's when he called me I think the first thing I said was hold on I want to tell you something I have Tourette's don't mind if I make some noises at the phone and he appreciated it. Also tell about your concerns I think this is one of the most important things tell your manager you're in front of for a solicitation or that you have Tourette's and what your concerns are. Discuss your expectations for me I have an arrangement that when my tics become frequently in the morning I can go to home at lunch and I work remote in the afternoon so if you have expectations always tell them from the start so the people you work with knows what they can do for you and how they can help you and ask for help. My onboarding process I asked to tell all my co-workers before my onboarding started that I have Tourette's syndrome so no awkward situations would happen because I had one in the past when I was in high school and the teacher walked in she didn't know about my Tourette's and she said there are medications for that so to avoid such an awkward situations always tell the people beforehand that they know you have Tourette's or another disorder so awkward situations are not going to happen. You do you is one thing I can advise everyone always be yourself everyone is unique everyone is a special snowflake be yourself do you think everyone is great even at Groupalkon everyone is nice and on the job with Tourette's for me I listen a lot to my piano music and podcast because piano music is really calming me it distresses me and podcast I'm really calm if I hear people talk in my ears so that helps a lot. Tuvaldi is a thing I would show you but I didn't found it at home and I have a little biting ring it's a plastic one where I can bite on if my vocal ticks are frequent so by that they are under control and make sure your new co-workers are informed so I told my boss to inform all the existing co-workers but when someone new joins I always send them a slack message from hey I'm a chair I have Tourette's and everyone appreciated it I send them the message myself. Tell your clients if you have meetings with clients beforehand I have sometimes phone calls and I send my clients a mail beforehand from I have Tourette's don't mind me if I have a tick or if I blink my eyes and don't forget to take your medications because people with Tourette's can be clumsy in the head sometimes myself is a great example and if you forget your medications your ticks can be worse in the afternoon so that's a great one to take in mind and always believe in yourself I wouldn't have been thinking six months ago I would be standing here today but always believe in yourself and chase your dreams it's really great some advice for neurodiverse developers in general ask help if needed there's always someone who will help you everyone is nice in your company I don't think they would allow you to work that otherwise communication is key tell everyone about things you are thinking about like I said the arrangement with going home at lunchtime so communication is key don't take things personal sometimes when my ticks were frequent co-workers were putting on their headphones and I thought oh no am I disturbing them or am I distracting them in the first place I took it sometimes personal but I let it go and I know they just want to focus they have their job they need to focus on their work so don't take such a things too personal if people put on their headphones because it's normal and find a co-worker you trust I have someone in the company I go for a walk with sometime at lunch I tell him always how I feel about such a things and that's really nice if you have someone who you can trust and be honest about your feelings if your co-workers don't know how you're feeling they can't help you that's one thing you can have to take in mind I always be open with my boss and my management if I have some things I'm struggling with and they always are helping me and time to find a solution together that's one thing you can take the initiative to propose something and it will always be nice and appreciate it there is also a new diversity channel at Drupal select so if you don't know yet you can join it I joined it last week so feel free if you want to join it and discuss more on this topic and I want to thank you for your attention it was little short gone it was my first time but if you have some questions you can ask them and you can talk to me tomorrow as well so feel free thank you any questions I don't see any popping up in the if you don't have questions also you can talk to me tomorrow if you want to so it's a problem okay thank you for your attention