Neurodiversity is the idea that different brains work in different ways and no one way of functioning is more right than any other.
Neurodiverse can be applied to any brain. It refers to the idea that brains are different. This term is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to neurodivergent people.
Neurodivergent means differing from the ‘norm’
Neurotypical is used to describe the most commonly held neurotype. Neurotypical brains operate very similarly to each other, while neurodivergent brains differ from each other in many ways.
I use the word neurodiversity mostly to describe autistic, ADHD and AuDHD people and those with dyslexia, dycalculia and Tourettes.
When I refer to communication differences, I am referring to likelihoods, not specific traits that will be present in every neurodivergent person.
The tools and information I offer to help you build a neuroinclusive workplace have been tested and proven to increase psychological safety for all employees.
Neurodivergent people struggle to feel safe at work for many different reasons. Increasing psychological safety in your workplace will positively impact performance and feelings of workplace satisfaction for those who tend to feel less safe at work.
Making the workplace psychological safer removes the need for people to know they are neurodivergent, or to disclose it to their manager if they don’t want to.
Changing the environment won’t fix everything for everyone, but it should make those who need reasonable adjustments - such as flexible working or a quieter working environment - feel safer to disclose their diagnosis and request them.
