By Menachem Rephun, Communications Manager, Creative Spirit For many neurodivergent professionals, “masking” is an all too familiar term. With workplaces still being designed largely by and for people who are neurotypical, masking (or suppressing or hiding neurodivergence), can often feel like a necessity. Masking can include behaviors like people-pleasing, holding back from expressing unique ideas,...

By Menachem Rephun, Communications Manager, Creative Spirit From the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, to major improvements in physical and digital accessibility, to increased awareness and appreciation of neurodiversity, society has made significant progress in advancing disability rights and neurodiverse inclusion over the past few decades. Sadly, unconscious bias, lack...

By: Menachem Rephun, Communications Manager, Creative Spirit For over 70 years, Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM) has been celebrated annually in the U.S. to promote the importance of mental health and recovery from mental illness. MHAM is especially important for the roughly 67 million Americans who are neurodivergent (15 – 20% of the U.S. population)....

“Inclusion” has become almost a buzzword these days, used by many companies for marketing and PR purposes. But what does inclusion - not just as a slogan, but in its most authentic sense - look like, especially for millions of Americans with disabilities and neurodiversity?

As we approach National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), it’s important that we acknowledge why all companies and organizations should employ neurodivergent individuals. Not only does hiring differently result in a mutually beneficial outcome for both employee and employer, but its lasting impact on the workplace and workplace culture is significant—improving environments and collaboration that...

America is currently facing unemployment rates as high as 30 - 40% for neurodiverse adults, three times higher than the rate for people with physical disabilities, and 8 times higher than the rate for non-disabled people, according to data cited by CultureAmp.com. In this post, we’ve gathered 22 lesser-known facts and statistics about neurodiversity and...