How organizations quietly decide whether neurodivergent employees are punished or rewarded for being honest about who they are. TL;DR The gap: Neurodivergent adults make up 15-20% of the population, yet 85-90% experience unemployment or underemployment, not because of...
Part 3 of 3: Neurodiversity at Work TL;DR Physical workplace adjustments, particularly around sound and light, have meaningful impact on neurodivergent employees’ performance, wellbeing, and occupational longevity, though the research base is still developing Employer...
Part 2 of 3: Neurodiversity at Work TL;DR The “business case” for neurodiversity, the argument that including neurodivergent employees benefits organizational performance, is a common and sometimes useful tool, but it has serious limitations. Relying on it exclusively...
Part 1 of 3: Neurodiversity at Work TL;DR The scale: Up to 17-22% of the workforce is neurodivergent, yet unemployment and underemployment among this group remain persistently high. The gap: Neurodiversity is increasingly recognized as a dimension of workplace...
TL;DR The problem: Most therapy for autistic and neurodivergent people was designed by and for neurotypical brains, and research now shows it frequently causes harm rather than healing. The shift: Neuroaffirming therapy starts from a fundamentally different premise,...
Understanding the PDA profile in children and adults TL;DR What it is: PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is a profile within the autism spectrum where everyday demands trigger a profound fight, flight, or freeze response in the nervous system; not a behavioural...
And how to know if self-employment might be your path forward TL;DR The Big Idea: Many neurodivergent professionals struggle in traditional workplaces not because they lack ability, but because conventional work structures don’t accommodate how their brains work....
TL;DR The Quick Version What it is: Alexithymia is a way of processing the world where identifying and describing internal emotions feels difficult or impossible. Why it happens: For many autistic and ADHD people, the brain focuses more on external facts or physical...
The Gradual Slide into Isolation It’s Saturday morning at the local playground. Emma (pseudonym) hoped this would be a simple outing; a chance for her three-year-old, Liam, to play, and for herself to connect with other parents. But within minutes, Liam begins...
There’s a moment many neurodivergent people experience that hits like a wave, often in childhood but reinforced across years: “You’re too much.” Too loud. Too sensitive. Too emotional. Too intense. Too difficult. Too different. The echoes of these messages can live in...