IT’S CRITICAL THINKING TIME!!!

wait … what exactly is this place?

Glad you asked, smartypants. We regret to inform you BUT…
IT’S THE BEGINNING OF UR ODDBHOOT ERA.

The short version

OddBhoot is an early-stage startup (currently incubated at the Sam Ibrahim Centre for Inclusive Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Leadership at U of T Scarborough built by and for South Asian women - diagnosed, self-diagnosed, and questioning - living with undiagnosed autism and/or ADHD. We’re creating our cozy, culturally-informed corner of the internet where neurodivergent women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ folks can actually see themselves represented, and find safety and comfort in an age of overwhelm.

What we’re building (and why)

You’re smart, pattern-seeking, abstract-thinking - and somehow still stuck in a healthcare maze that keeps insisting you “just need to meditate more.” You keep asking:

  • Is everything harder for me, or am I just a really bad and lazy person?

  • Why doesn’t anyone believe my lived experience? Is my doctor legally capable of gaslighting me?

  • If it’s “just anxiety,” why can’t I willpower or yoga my way out of it consistently?

We call this the “neuro-questioning era” - AKA that spirally, “am I losing it?” phase where you might start getting a lot of unsettling content suggesting that you have xyz disorder. We’ve been there. We built OddBhoot because we needed it, and we know others do too - especially people of colour trying to decode themselves in systems that were never built for us.

Our goals over the next few years

To give our folks*:

  • Faster ADHD/Autism screening & resourcing (designed with compassion to help you co-regulate)

  • Self-care & self-advocacy tips for navigating healthcare, school, work, family, love; life!

  • Tools for self-accommodation & sensory/symptom management, so overwhelm isn’t the default setting

So each person can find their best, unapologetically neurodivergent self.

* By “folks,” we mean those who identify as women, queer, racialized, trans, non-binary, femme, and all the intersections thereof.

How we do it

We blend:

  • Culturally-sensitive screening + learning tools (no more “one-size-fits-white-boys” questionnaires)

  • Personalized resources that meet you where you’re at, not where the DSM thinks you should be

  • Community care—a place to swap stories, strategies, memes, and medicine (of the ancestral, playful, and practical kind)

We believe centering the most marginalized voices makes everything better for everyone.

Where we’re at

We’re still building—slowly, thoroughly, and with many naps. Our exec team is autistic, which means we’re detail-obsessed and energy-variable. Thank you for your patience while we make this a truly safe, useful, joy-filled space.

Want to help shape it? Join our community, share your story, tell us what would make this place feel like home. Together, we’ll bridge gaps in a broken system and make room for everyone who’s been told they’re “too much.”

Hi. Welcome. You’re not broken—you’re just extra special. 😌