Reena Parmar, who has fibromyalgia and inflammatory arthritis, used to try her hardest to hide her disability at work. Because it is a less visible disability, it was easy to mask the challenges. But eventually, the senior knowledge lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, realised keeping this part of her hidden wasn’t sustainable.

Here, Parmar shares her experiences and explains why neurodiversity also needs more focus in the legal industry.

Tell us about your day-to-day as a lawyer and your disability—how does chronic pain impact what you do?