Joseph Soares is a former advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada and a managing partner at HR firm IBPROM Corp. In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, organizational leaders continually ...
Spring Health reports on Neurodiversity Awareness Month, highlighting ways leaders can support neurodivergent employees to ...
Your organization is “all about” creativity and innovation. You believe that diversity enhances creativity. But does your definition of diversity include embracing neurodiversity? Neurodiversity ...
There is a tremendous amount of untapped talent among those in the autism spectrum community who stand ready and able to contribute to the workforce. Thanks to an increasing number of companies who ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about emerging employment structures, policy and law. Earlier this month, the annual Disability:IN conference, the major ...
Words and conversations matter, particularly when it comes to tough issues. So not having a conversation, or leaving important components out of one, also matters, especially around topics like ...
In the wake of a nationwide labor shortage and the restructuring of the workplace, employers have an opportunity to expand their DEI initiatives to include less visible populations. Processing Content ...
Our current thinking about mental health is still disproportionately influenced by what's known as the medical model, which conceptualizes cognitive differences in terms of disability or disease.
It is estimated that between 15 and 20% of the global population is neurodiverse. This includes up to 10% of those with dyslexia, 6% of those with dyspraxia, 5% of those with ADHD, and 1-2% of those ...
Company diversity, equity and inclusion commitments aren’t just a concern of HR teams or socially-minded consumers. They’re a consideration of job candidates as well — particularly those hailing from ...
No two people are exactly alike, not even identical twins. Our feelings, thoughts and behaviour are also individual – and the ...