Do-IT Profiler Insights
Professor Amanda Kirby
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July 1, 2026
From diagnosis to dynamic profiling – how digital tools can drive equity
For decades, we’ve organised neurodevelopmental differences into categories — autism, ADHD, dyslexia, developmental coordination disorder, and others …
Do-IT Team
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June 11, 2026
Beyond the Label: Rethinking SEND Support Through Workforce Development and Better Transitions
A new report from the Education and Training Foundation (ETF), co-authored by Professor Amanda Kirby and Dr Vikki Smith, is calling for a fundamental …
Professor Amanda Kirby
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June 1, 2026
Movement confidence or competence… impact of Developmental Coordination Disorder/Dyspraxia
I was out walking yesterday where there was aware of some black ice on the path. While walking and staying upright it made me realise how I had change…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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May 4, 2026
Pros and cons of hybrid working: why there’s no one-size-fits‐all
I have had some interesting conversations recently about getting everyone back in the office as it it was an either or.. I have also had them with dif…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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April 1, 2026
Getting Onboarding Right: What Neurodivergent Voices Are Telling Us
Employee onboarding statistics reveal that a strong onboarding process is crucial for retention and productivity, with significant impacts on employee…
Do-IT Team
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March 27, 2026
Neuroinclusion – Needs and Person Centred Approaches
Check out our latest infographic for 2026…
Do-IT Team
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March 11, 2026
Neurodiversity Index Report 2026
We are excited to now be launching, for a fourth year in a row, the 2026 Neurodiversity Index Report in partnership City and Guilds Foundation. …
Professor Amanda Kirby
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March 2, 2026
Reasonable adjustments: it all starts with a conversation
I am concerned that with increasing tribunals being cited relating to neurodiversity we will have a back lash by employers willing to see the skills a…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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February 1, 2026
Autism: Changing the Recipe – and What Comes Next
For decades, the way we’ve defined autism has been shaped by what I think of as an evolving recipe — a mix of ingredients, methods, and assumptions ab…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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January 5, 2026
Humanophile
The word “resilience” comes from the Latin verb “resilire,” meaning “to jump back” or “to recoil”. This root word, “resilire,” is related to the verb …
Professor Amanda Kirby
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December 3, 2025
Designing Inclusion is Designing Resilience
The word “resilience” comes from the Latin verb “resilire,” meaning “to jump back” or “to recoil”. This root word, “resilire,” is related to the verb …
Professor Amanda Kirby
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November 10, 2025
Why asking “Are you neurodivergent?” is not a simple question
More organisations today are rightly striving to be more inclusive. As part of this, it’s common to see questions on job application forms or employee…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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October 15, 2025
October: awareness, action and nudges
October is full of important awareness events — Dyslexia Awareness Month, ADHD Awareness Month, Dyspraxia/DCD Awareness Week, and DLD Awareness Day…
Do-IT Team
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September 2, 2025
Adult Developmental Coordination Disorder Checklist (ADC)
Here you can find a downloadable pdf of the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorder Checklist (ADC) developed by Kirby, Edwards, Sugden & Rosenblum,…
Do-IT Team
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August 28, 2025
Embrace the Season of Change – Webinar Series
Join our CEO Professor Amanda Kirby and Melanie Francis as they welcome inspiring guests to explore neuroinclusion in the workplace – diving into fres…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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July 21, 2025
Parents!… How to stop the “Summer Slide’ and prepare for Autumn
I can hear the audible sound of ‘phew’… it is the end of term. Everyone I speak to is tired and it has been a very busy time. For many parents packi…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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June 13, 2025
Future HR and AI and Future Work Spaces
Back in 2023 I first wrote about AI /HR and EDI…. and it did seem the world of work was changing, and fast. 2 years on how much have we adapted to…
Do-IT Team
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May 14, 2025
Inside Our ADHD Minds – Presented by Chris Packham
Our CEO Professor Amanda Kirby was thrilled to be a part of making this BBC documentary presented by Chris Packham which shines a light on different a…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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May 3, 2025
Bridging the Gaps: Inclusive ADHD Research for a Diverse World
A recent and important study (January 2025) (https://lnkd.in/eEqXYxHm) explored how well treatments work for adults with ADHD, comparing medications,…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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April 2, 2025
Is Discomfort Worth Embracing to Deliver Truly Neurodiverse Teams?
This week the newsletter is quite long but I felt it important to unpack what I have been thinking about. I am interested in how teams bond together o…
Do-IT Team
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February 14, 2025
Working on Wellbeing Podcast
Do-IT CEO Professor Amanda Kirby was a guest on The Working on Wellbeing Podcast with Sarah Cunningham. Tune in to discover how we can all contribute …
Do-IT Team
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February 6, 2025
The Hidden 20% Podcast
Do-IT CEO Professor Amanda Kirby was a guest on episode 49 of The Hidden 20% Podcast with Ben Branson. Listen now as they discuss the evolution of neu…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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January 15, 2025
Building parental resilience while parenting ND children
Parenting a neurodivergent child brings unique challenges and rewards. I can remember lots of times when we have been laughing together as something r…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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December 3, 2024
How AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) can help neurodivergent individuals
I don’t think there is one of us that is not interested in the potential power of Large Language Models and also the potential risks. A bit like searc…
Do-IT Team
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November 4, 2024
Exciting News: Lexxic has Acquired Do-IT Solutions to Lead the Future of Neurodiversity Support
We are thrilled to announce that Lexxic has acquired Do-IT Solutions, merging over 30 years of neurodiversity expertise with cutting-edge digital inno…
Do-IT Team
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October 16, 2024
Essential Resources for Parents and Adults Living with DCD/Dyspraxia and Those Supporting Them
Living with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), often known as dyspraxia, can present challenges in daily life for both children and adults. Wh…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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October 7, 2024
DSM6? or something else…
In recent years, our understanding of mental health and neurodiversity has become more nuanced, revealing complex interconnections between neurodevelo…
Do-IT Team
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October 4, 2024
Neurodiversity Index Report 2025 – Get Involved
We are thrilled to announce that we’ve launched the survey once again this year, in collaboration with the City & Guilds Foundation, as they diligentl…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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September 11, 2024
Connection is at the Core of Everything
I was recently reading a great book about the laws of connection by Robson (The Laws of Connection: 13 Social Strategies That Will Transform Your Life…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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August 8, 2024
The Role of Empathy in the Workplace
Empathy comes from the Greek word empatheia, meaning passion. It’s the ability to experience and understand what others feel without confusion between…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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July 12, 2024
Navigating Summer with Neurodivergent Children
As summer approaches, parents of neurodivergent children might be pondering how to best use this time to support their child’s unique needs while keep…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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June 3, 2024
Is it time to call time on extra time in exams… dispelling the myths
We have exams in school, in colleges, in apprenticeships, in universities, and in many professional parts of our lives. Formal, timed, written, closed…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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May 29, 2024
Neurodiversity Co-occurrence Map
This is my latest iteration of showing some (but not all) of the common Neurodivergent conditions and associated conditions that are often spoken abou…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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April 15, 2024
Navigating the Intersection of Trauma and Neurodiversity
In the realm of paediatrics and neurodevelopmental medicine, understanding the intricate relationship between trauma and neurodiversity is paramount. …
Do-IT Team
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March 14, 2024
Neurodiversity Index Report 2024
We are excited to now be launching, for a second year in a row, the 2024 Neurodiversity Index Report in partnership City and Guilds Foundation. The …
Professor Amanda Kirby
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February 5, 2024
Neurodiversity and Menopause
Menopause happens when a woman has gone 12 months without menstruating. The phase before menopause – the peri-menopause – involves large fluctuations …
Professor Amanda Kirby
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January 5, 2024
Are you a ‘control freak’?
Is the balance between control and flexibility a neurodivergent paradox? I love to know what I am doing when. At the same time I don’t like being cons…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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December 5, 2023
Are you Over Compliant?
The etymology of the term compliance can be traced to the Latin verb “complere” (having all parts or elements; lacking nothing). Complere is also the…
Do-IT Team
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October 16, 2023
Neurodiversity Index Report 2024 – Get Involved
We are thrilled to announce that we’ve launched the survey once again this year, in collaboration with the City & Guilds Foundation, as they diligentl…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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October 9, 2023
Neurodiversity and Gender Bias
Why has it taken so long for girls and women to have their own ND traits recognised? Neurosexism is an alleged bias in the neuroscience of sex differe…
Do-IT Team
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August 25, 2023
Creating Neuro-Inclusive Meetings
How often do we think about making meetings really inclusive? We have got comfortable in Teams/Zoom etc using Chat, putting ‘hands up’ and even clapp…
Do-IT Team
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June 27, 2023
Rationale for the Do-IT Neurodiversity University Profiler
Universities are under greater pressure than ever to get support to the right student in a timely manner. Retention and completion rates are also impo…
Do-IT Team
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June 6, 2023
Apprenticeships, Learning Support Funding (LSF) and the Do-IT Neurodiversity Apprenticeship Profiler
Every apprenticeship provider and employers wants to do their best for all their apprentices. Understanding the needs of each learner from Day 1 can m…
Do-IT Team
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April 17, 2023
Melanie Francis (Chartered FCIPD) joins the Do-IT team!
We are so delighted and excited to announce that Melanie Francis, Chartered FCIPD has joined our Do-IT team as Director of Neurodiversity at Work. Sh…
Do-IT Team
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March 27, 2023
Neurodiversity Index Report 2023
New research from the City & Guilds Foundation, and neurodiversity experts Do-IT Solutions finds that employers are currently failing to support neuro…
Do-IT Team
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January 27, 2023
ReciteMe Accessibility Report 2022
We are delighted to be featured in @Recite Me’s 2022 Accessibility Report! Inclusion is a priority here at Do-IT Solutions and that is why we are…
Do-IT Team
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December 19, 2022
Inclusive Awards 2022 – Lifetime Achiever
Congratulations to our CEO Professor Amanda Kirby, who was recently awarded the Lifetime Achiever Award at Inclusive Companies Inclusive Awards 2022….
Do-IT Team
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November 2, 2022
Creating Neuro-Inclusive Events
Check out this handy guide to creating neuro-inclusive events. Handy tips for the planning stage, before the event, during and after….
Do-IT Team
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September 28, 2022
BRAND NEW Neurodiversity Workplace Profiler
BRAND NEW Neurodiversity Workplace Profiler. For anyone in employment, moving into employment, SME’s, and workplace assessors. At Do-IT we recognise t…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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September 26, 2022
Neurodiversity – Why do we need to get the right numbers?
Why is getting ‘good’ data important for becoming truly neuroinclusive? Someone asked me the other day if I knew of the stats for the number of peopl…
Do-IT Team
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August 15, 2022
“Neurodiversity: A New Paradigm” Conference 2022
Last month we had the privilege of bringing the “Neurodiversity: A New Paradigm” Conference 2022 together with the ADHD Foundation and Lexxic. …
Professor Amanda Kirby
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July 6, 2022
Creating Neuroinclusive Boardrooms and C-Suites
There has been much discussion about the need to increase diversity in the workplace at all levels progress remains slow for example relating to gende…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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June 21, 2022
Neurodiversity and Allyship
Allyship is when a person of privilege works in partnership with a marginalized group of people to remove the barriers that challenge that group’s rig…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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May 22, 2022
Neurodiversity 101- are we all a ‘bit ADHD’ or not?
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to share my thoughts on ‘Radio 5 Live’ about a book by Johan Hari book– Stolen focus which talks about us all beco…
Do-IT Team
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April 20, 2022
Neurodiversity 101 – What’s in a diagnosis?
As a doctor, I was taught as a medical student that 90% of the diagnosis was based on a good history. Writing this article reminded me about the Balin…
Do-IT Team
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March 21, 2022
Neurodiversity and Parents – Useful Guide
Download this free practical guide with links to resources and organisations for parents/guardian/carers of Neurodiverse children….
Do-IT Team
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March 3, 2022
Lunch & Learn Webinar – Introduction to developing Neuro-inclusive workplaces
Are you interested in learning about developing Neuro-inclusive workplaces? In this introductory session with Professor Amanda Kirby, she will explo…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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February 12, 2022
Neurodiversity and Recruitment – ‘Computer says no’?
Mckinsey published a report in 2020 considering why diversity wins and inclusion matters. Their 2019 analysis founds that companies in the top quartil…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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January 26, 2022
Neurodiversity- be careful that we don’t end up bleaching it!
Words are powerful – be careful that the multicolored NEU(NEW) in NEU-rodiversity… doesn’t become bleached! I mostly like the framing of neurodiversi…
Do-IT Team
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January 19, 2022
Do-IT welcomes the newest member of the team!
It’s now been nearly a month since Gemma Sedgwick, our newest team member, joined Do-IT as our Customer Relationship Manager. We’re thrilled to have h…
Guest Contributor
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October 19, 2021
Do-IT Profiler at Southern Virginia University
Do-IT are proud to be in partnership with Southern Virginia University in the United States, read the blog by Lia Wheatley (Director of the Personal L…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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September 17, 2021
Neurodiversity and New Accessibility Standards
A new standard of website Accessibility is on the way The new WCAG 3.0 guidelines have been in the drafting process since January, with an estimated …
Professor Amanda Kirby
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August 26, 2021
Is There a Link Between Neurodiversity and Mental Health?
Neurodiversity, a term thought to have been coined by Australian sociologist Judy Singer in the late 1990s, represents the different ways in which peo…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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July 29, 2021
Rationale and Evidence for Do-IT Profiler
There is extensive evidence that neurodevelopmental conditions including Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) , Attention-…
Do-IT Team
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June 30, 2021
‘Coloured Balls in a Bucket’ – The Inspiration Behind Our New Logo
Read all about the inspiration behind our new website and logo. Here at Do-IT our team has had a busy 6 months, working on the design of our brand new…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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June 5, 2021
Managing yours and your children’s stress levels
This has been an extraordinary time for everyone. For parents with children of all ages it also means balancing children’s needs and their wellbeing a…
Do-IT Team
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May 20, 2021
Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021
Do-IT Solutions is proud to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day by joining together with great companies like Recite Me to raise awareness of…
Do-IT Team
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March 28, 2021
Do-IT Solutions has a new Managing Director
Do-IT Solutions are excited to announce the promotion of Helen Arnold-Richardson to Managing Director taking the company on the next stage of the jour…
Do-IT Team
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March 5, 2021
Where Have All The Girls Gone? (Report)
To coincide with International Women’s Day 2021, we have released the report – Where Have All The Girls Gone? Click the button below to download the P…
Do-IT Team
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March 2, 2021
Rationale for Neurodiversity Children’s Profiler (for parents)
Embracing neurodiversity – an inclusive whole child approach Neurodiversity is about all of us and considers the diverse and different ways our brains…
Do-IT Team
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February 15, 2021
Supporting Your Apprentices With Do-IT Profiler
Last week we celebrated National Apprenticeship Week (7th – 14th February 2021). Below you will find a specially recorded webinar to celebrate the wee…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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February 3, 2021
Encouraging positive interactions with your children at home
Encouraging positive interactions at home Consider environmental triggers: Are there certain times or situations when you see some specific behaviours…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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February 1, 2021
Your neurodivergent is our family’s neurotypical!
As a parent we worry about our children. We want them to be happy and be the best selves they can be. We sometimes want them to also fit in or blend i…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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January 20, 2021
Is Neurodiversity coming out in 2021?.. and should we have to?
Scholars over the past years have pointed to the relentless focus on the ways in which identity is constructed through the interpretation of visible b…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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December 9, 2020
Neurodiversity: Embracing inclusivity in the magistrates’ courts
Magistrates Association cut out and keep guide to Neurodiversity. Embracing inclusivity in the magistrates’ courts. December 2020…
Do-IT Team
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December 7, 2020
Neurodiversity in youth justice – supporting children to achieve their goals
Many of the children who enter the Youth Justice System will have complex lives and have faced adversity that some of us could only imagine. Many have…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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November 30, 2020
Disability is Everyone’s Business
Neurodiversity is about all of us and considers the diverse and different ways our brains work and how we process information. As a parent you will se…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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November 9, 2020
What is Neurodiversity? (for parents)
Neurodiversity is about all of us and considers the diverse and different ways our brains work and how we process information. As a parent you will se…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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October 26, 2020
Neuroinclusive hiring – let’s get the talent on board
1 in 6 people is likely to be neurodivergent. Each person is different and comes with different strengths and talents. They are your potential employe…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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October 1, 2020
Why do some young people miss out on getting a diagnosis or get the wrong one?
There are many issues that may act as a barrier to gaining a diagnosis of different neurodiverse conditions such as DYSLEXIA or ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPE…
Professor Amanda Kirby
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October 1, 2020
Making more from less – we can improve neurodiverse services for all
The ‘Inverse Care Law’ says those who need it most are the least likely to get it. In Neurodevelopmental Disorders/Neurodiversity services-…
Do-IT Team
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July 3, 2020
What is Neurodiversity?
Neurodiversity is the way we think, move, act, communicate and process information. We are all different. Some people have challenges and strengths a…