Neurodiversity

Purple Day is held annually worldwide on March 26, and it is all about raising awareness for Epilepsy. “65 Million people are estimated to have epilepsy globally” and “50% of cases have an unknown cause”.  An inclusive workplace should strive to gain more awareness around Epilepsy, particularly as neurodivergence is rising in these spaces.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a condition which can have debilitating impacts on a person’s life. It has two main components: obsession, such as intrusive thoughts, and compulsion, such as the need to doing something repetitively or in the exact same way every single time. It is diagnosed by the effect it has on a person’s day to day life, relationships and mental health.

There are many misconceptions and much stigma relating to OCD and employees who experience OCD may face significant challenges in the workplace. There are many accommodations we can make to support colleagues with OCD.

Not every disability is visible, and in reality, up to 70% of all disabilities can be ‘not visible’ or ‘hidden’. Around 14 million people in the UK live with some form of disability, so the likelihood is that you know at least one person living with a hidden disability, whether you are aware or not. This webinar aims to address this issue and how to approach it from an inclusion perspective in the workplace.

This webinar aims to highlight some of the struggles people with learning disabilities face, especially in the workplace, and how you can support a colleague with a learning disability to ensure that they have a safe space to bring their whole selves to work and can feel comfortable expressing themselves. 

Often D&I work that focuses on autism and neurodiversity highlights the challenges autistic people face or teaches how to best support and ally autistic colleagues, however, to celebrate Autistic Pride day on the 18th of June, instead we want to celebrate autistic people and showcase and highlight autistic achievements.

Neurodiversity refers to the differences in the human brain. They way we see and interpret the world differs for everyone, however, if you have a neurological difference such as dyslexia, autism, or ADHD your difference could be an asset to an organisation. 

You have probably heard the term autism or phases like “on the autism spectrum” but do you really know what autism is and how it affects people? The aim of the webinar is to build confidence in having conversations about autism in the workplace and gain top tips on where you could change your recruitment, line management and working practices to enable a inclusive workplace culture.