My name is Mark Phillips and I was a professional footballer for over 20 years playing for Millwall, Brentford, Southend United and AFC Wimbledon

After discovering my own ADHD aged 44 this allowed me to look back on my life and attribute all my life experiences both positive and negative to my neurodiversity and I decided to create The Neurodivergent Footballer to use my platform of professional football to help spread understanding of neurodiversity and show how it helped me live my dreams and become one of the few adults who become a professional footballer

I saw it very clear how my difference was my unknown strength and now with my new understanding everything makes sense and I can help others through my lived experiences