In order for neurodiverse people to co-design workplaces that reflect our differences we need to be able to articulate those differences, strengths, and needs. The language we have been taught to describe our brains describes how we are in friction with cultural standards and expectations, rather than on our own internal cognitive experience. Drawing from community organizing frameworks that build on common values and goals, this workshop helps neurodiverse workers build vocabulary for their own brains, reframe their differences on their own terms, and ask for what they need from a position of strength, with or without disclosure.
In order for neurodiverse people to co-design workplaces that reflect our differences we need to be able to articulate those differences, strengths, and needs. The language we have been taught to describe our brains describes how we are in friction with cultural standards and expectations, rather than on our own internal cognitive experience. Drawing from community organizing frameworks that build on common values and goals, this workshop helps neurodiverse workers build vocabulary for their own brains, reframe their differences on their own terms, and ask for what they need from a position of strength, with or without disclosure.