Even with 1 in 5 people being neurodivergent, this community still faces unemployment rates as high as 40%, according to the University of Connecticut’s Center for Neurodiversity and Employment Innovation. Creative Spirit’s HireDifferent study found that fewer than 12% of companies currently include neurodiversity in their hiring efforts. While 92% of employers have inclusion policies,...

Over the past several decades, advances in technology have greatly improved accessibility and inclusion for the more than 50 million people in the U.S., and the approximately 1.6 billion people worldwide, who are neurodivergent. One of the most fascinating, less talked about ways in which technology is making a difference is through enhancing buyer/user personas,...

Even in stable and healthy workplaces, employees can’t always be on the same page. At some point, creative differences, disagreements, and miscommunications are bound to happen. When they do, one of the most effective conflict management strategies is accessible teamwork. Simply put, this means structuring collaboration so that team members of all backgrounds and abilities...

It’s safe to say that most people wouldn’t initially connect dyslexia, a neurodevelopmental condition that impacts spelling and language (affecting 15-20% of Americans and 10% of the global population), with an environmental issue like climate change. However, new research suggests a surprising link between dyslexia and the development of effective strategies to mitigate climate change...

For decades, Kelly Brenner, a naturalist, photographer, and writer, has found respite from the chaos of city life in the peace and tranquility of nature.“Living in the city is hard because of the constant sensory overload that leaves me feeling drained all the time,” Brenner writes in her essay “Web of Possibility.” As if being...

At a time when the disability community in the U.S. is facing unemployment rates as high as 30 – 40%, advertising agencies have one of the most powerful, effective, and wide-reaching platforms to inform a wide audience about the importance and benefits of neurodiverse employment and the lived experiences of people who are neurodivergent.To put...

Have you found yourself stuck in limbo while awaiting a diagnosis, or struggling to find support after being diagnosed? If you’re neurodivergent, you might also have dealt with issues like sensory overload in hospitals or at the doctor’s office, or experienced communication barriers with your doctor or healthcare provider. If your answer is yes to...

“Psychological safety” in employment represents a simple, yet fundamental idea: that workplaces can and must be safe, secure environments with reasonable accommodations, where all employees feel comfortable speaking up, asking questions, and admitting mistakes without fear of punishment, embarrassment, or rejection. While this should be a given, ableism is unfortunately still a major problem in...

When it comes to neurodiversity, the U.S. healthcare system suffers from many of the same problems as employment: specifically, ableism, lack of reasonable accommodations, misconceptions, and limited understanding of neurodiversity. One of the most crucial steps in improving healthcare is to destigmatize neurodiversity through training, enhancing doctors’ and healthcare providers’ awareness of the actual needs...

“I’ve suffered with that a lot myself. With strength blindness. And part of it is that we just keep doing. We do, do, do, do, do. And we just assume that everybody else is able to do the things that we’re able to do. And it isn’t until I started to realize that there were...