Neurodiversity can be a workplace strength, if we make room for it

people with “disabilities” can be startlingly effective not because they “overcame” their disability but because of it. Many autistic people are considered to be especially blunt in their manner of expression, to be very interested or even obsessively interested in social justice, to be potentially single-minded in their avocations, and to have a s

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The mechanism which underlies this effect is called ‘cognitive diversity’, and is often summed up as ‘diversity trumps ability’. This is the theory, backed up by social and mathematical research, that the best solutions to knotty, complex problems are best found by starting from the greatest number of different viewpoints and experiences – that is,

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Hybrid work is here to stay. In this new hybrid world, it’s imperative to make the built environment’s elements equitable for everyone by removing, reducing, and mitigating barriers so all users feel supported in these environments — whether they’re virtual or in person, and regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, race, neurodiversity... See more