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How to Reduce Hiring Bias When Building a Neurodiverse Team
How do you overcome unconscious bias when interviewing to hire a neurodiverse team? Difficulty recruiting and hiring neurodiverse talent is a common scenario. It happens because hiring practices...
How to Build Trust in Neurodiverse Teams
The importance of team trust in neurodiversity There are many different ways that human brains work. Anyone who has ever worked with another human knows that great things can evolve when we approach...
Beyond the Clinic: Helping Adults Rebuild Confidence After Brain Injury
Practical Brain Injury Rehabilitation Strategies for Return to Work, School, and Daily Life For many of us, the first time we start talking about inclusion is after someone we care about has a brain...
Beyond Checking the Box: Helping Adults Rebuild Confidence and Direction After Brain Injury
For many of us, the first time we start talking about inclusion is after someone we care about has a brain injury or stroke. We are suddenly catapulted into a reality we don’t fully understand....
How to Lead Effective Team Meetings in a Neurodiverse Workplace
How to Communicate to Support Neurodiversity in the Workplace Team meetings can be exhausting for employees in the neurodiverse workplace. Employees with ADHD or dyslexia may feel that they’re...
3 Ways to Create an Inclusive Workplace for Neurodiverse Employees
Imagine putting a lot of effort into hiring a more diverse staff only to have all of your diverse employees quit within a year. This is something a lot of companies deal with when they try to add...
How a Neurodivergent-Friendly Workplace Creates a Competitive Edge
Innovation comes from people who think and experience the world differently. This is true whether we are talking about volunteer organizations, the government, or large corporations. Unfortunately,...
Workplace Strategies for Managing Neurodiverse Employees
For neurodiverse employees, the modern workplace can be a tough place to excel. Some struggle with workplace interaction and socialization. Workers with ADHD can have trouble prioritizing...
How to Lead Effective Meetings for 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...
Why the Neurodiversity Mindset 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....
How Apprenticeships Support Neurodiverse Hiring and Workforce Development
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” Becomes 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 achieve equity and full...