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A Dozen Tips for Effective Presentations when Managing Neurodiverse Employees
So often, managers call a meeting, share information, then end the session expecting employees to understand, assimilate, and implement the new information into their work endeavors. When this does...
How We View Neurodiversity Needs to Evolve
Historically, people have viewed neurodivergence from a deficit model point of view. Unfortunately, I’d say that this is the prevailing view. The world is still very much neurotypical-centric....
The Best Tech Tools to Accelerate Learning
32+ apps to improve teaching and accelerate learning for school and career Technology has revolutionized the way we approach learning. When I think back to my schooling and how I struggled through...
Apprenticeship as an Alternative Hiring Strategy for a Neurodiverse Workforce
There’s one approach to neurodiverse hiring that has not received much notice in the United States: apprenticeships. Data from the United Kingdom (UK)(HM Government, 2020), where renewed interest in...
Stereotypes in Neurodivergent Hiring: When Exceptional is the Expectation
For all the acceptance that neurodivergence has been receiving, including workplace initiatives to recruit and train neurodivergent talent, we still have a long way to go to attain equity and full...
Five Brain Hacks to Learn Faster
Much of my work is helping professionals see that they’re not “bad at learning”; they’re simply trying to learn in a way that doesn’t work for their brains. While my work naturally helps many...
Why Neurodiverse Teams Are The Way of the Future
Innovation and creativity are the lifeblood of business. To get to both of those, you need different perspectives and ways of thinking. That is why companies hire consultants and agencies. A more...
Legal Accommodations for Neurodivergent Workers
How the Law Supports a Neurodiverse Workplace There are countless reasons why it’s a good idea to create more neurodivergent-friendly workplaces. Research has proven that a neurodiverse workforce...
How to Cultivate Neurodiversity on Workplace Teams
Diversity of thought may be silently lurking – Give it a voice A common excuse I hear against creating a more diverse workplace is that it is simply more work. However, this is true whether we are...
Sensory Rooms - Facilitating Neurodivergent- Friendly Workplaces
Before we get into the details of sensory rooms, it helps if we understand why sensory rooms were invented in the first place. Children in the autistic spectrum have often been described as engaging...
Embrace Neurodiversity in Volunteer Management
Ask any non-profit, and they will tell you — one of their biggest challenges is recruiting and retaining a dedicated team of volunteers. Between limited resources for recruitment campaigns, the time...
Unconscious Bias and Stereotypes: What I Encountered Within
"We are three orphans from Ethiopia. Today we are…" As the presenter read the story starter, my partner and I imagined how we would finish it. "We are three orphans from Ethiopia. Today we are...