Technical Evidence File

The Intent vs. Impact Gap

In many corporate environments, discrimination is a systemic encoding problem. Management metrics often inadvertently penalize neurodivergent traits as "performance issues."

Clinical Data: Masking as a Physiological Liability

Recent clinical literature (2020–2025) indicates that masking is not a social choice; it is a chronic stress process associated with measurable biological burden^{[1, 2]}.

Allostatic Load & Biological Stress

A 2025 study reported that masking is associated with increased hair cortisol concentration, supporting a direct link between workplace masking and long-term biological stress exposure^{[3, 4]}.

Executive Function Cost

Dual-tasking while masking taxes the same control systems needed for planning and working memory. Executive function deficits mediate the relationship between employee ADHD and job burnout^[5].

The Modern Office: Hostile Architecture

• Sensory Assault: Fluorescent flicker triggers irritability and migraines.
• The Interruption Factory: Open-plan pings wipe the mental whiteboard every five minutes.
• The Buffer Pain: Holding data in an overloaded brain is a physical strain. Forced pauses cause total system crashes.