This awareness week challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about the differences in how our brains work. It aims to transform how neurodivergent people are seen and supported by providing schools, universities, and organisations with the opportunity to recognise the many talents and advantages of being neurodivergent, while creating more inclusive and equal cultures that celebrate differences and empower every individual.
Neurodiversity means the different ways all our brains develop and work. It includes conditions such as ADHD, autism, and dyslexia.
Being neurodivergent purely means that someone has a brain that works differently from the average or “neurotypical” person. It describes the idea that people experience and react to the world in many different ways.
Ultimately, there’s no “right” way of thinking, learning, and behaving, so we shouldn’t view these differences as problems.
Neurodiverse people can bring unique viewpoints, thinking patterns, skills, and strengths to the workplace, allowing greater innovation and creativity.
By supporting people with neurodiversity, it can create a much happier situation in workplaces, schools, health settings and much more. For example, with flexible working and quiet workspaces.
People who are neurodivergent are often good at solving complicated problems. This is because they may have an ability for spotting connections and patterns that others may overlook.
For example, people with autism can be very focused on details, which is helpful in tasks that involve accuracy and deep attention. They may be talented at approaching tasks from unusual perspectives, giving new insights that can lead to creative solutions. They are often topic experts on subjects they are passionate about.
Join a free online awareness session to share best practise regarding neurodivergent conditions. Salford City Council in partnership with The Growth Company would like to invite employers of all sizes and sectors to our Neurodiversity in the Workplace Awareness session.
At this event you will find out how you as an employer can adjust your workplace to make it more accessible and inclusive to individuals with a neurodivergent condition.
You will also have the opportunity to network and have group discussions with other Salford businesses.
To book a place or for further information please contact: Emma Bennett (emma.bennett@salford.gov.uk) or Nicola Griffiths (nicola.griffiths@salford.gov.uk)
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Christine McGuiness, Greg Halford and Chris Packham have all said they are autistic and Billie Eilish has said she has Tourette’s Syndrome, Actress Emma Watson and Justin Timberlake have both disclosed their ADHD.