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...