Embracing neurodivergent people as positive and valuable in a workplace

"Have you heard the statistic that neurodiverse employees are 90 to 140% more productive than non-neurodiverse? Isn't that amazing?"

Therapist Julie Bjelland, LMFT from "Episode 192- Embracing Neurodiversity with Julie and Willow" of her HSP and Neurodivergent Podcast. (Follow link to her site & find her Downloadable Guide for Organizations and Individuals under the autism tab.

She is probably referring to a case study by JPMorgan Chase in its Autism at Work initiative; see article below.

Short clip from the video version of her podcast episode:

The second section of this Creative Mind Audio is an excerpt from the Neurodiversity Podcast by Emily Kircher-Morris, Episode 122: Attorney, Author, Artist, Autistic.

From the show notes: "A three-year-old with an autism diagnosis is looking at a completely different future than someone who has masked their neurodivergence for years.

"We talk with Haley Moss, an attorney, author, and consultant, who helps companies create a neurodiversity-friendly atmosphere. She was diagnosed at age 3, and now has strong opinions about what it takes to move the world in the right direction..."

Haley Moss comments "I think self-diagnosis is extremely valid and a very powerful tool for a lot of people to discover something about themselves especially if they knew that they seemed different but didn't really know why."

[Photo at top: Astrid Nielsen, left, is a consultant to a Paris police department in the French tv series "Astrid et Raphaëlle" in which she teams with Raphaëlle Coste, a neurotypical police detective. See more below.]

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