People with ADHD often message Donovan to tell her how their content has impacted their lives, while parents and spouses tell her it's helped them better understand their loved ones with ADHD. Even mental health professionals and educators have requested to use her comics with clients.
A full-time ADHD content creator as of last year, Donovan is able to make a living from her creations thanks to a thriving Patreon community. The most rewarding part for her is getting messages and emails from people — she said she's received over a thousand of them now — who tell her that her work has led to them getting diagnosed.
"I hear so much from people who are like, 'I lived my whole life thinking that I was broken,'" Donovan said. "'And I was worried that it was too late for me to start treatment.'" But thanks to content like hers, they say, "I've started it, and it's made all the difference in the world."