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 in repetitive actions, such as hand flapping, hair twirling and skin...
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 constraints of your volunteers, burnout, personality differences, and...
Neurodiversity in Nursing Training and Professional Development
Mary, an Intensive Care nurse in the UK, is exceptional at identifying problems and formulating protocols to solve them. And she has a secret. She was diagnosed with Autism in her last year of nursing school. Like most nurses, her dream is to help patients and improve...