What are your top tips for adapting work or learning environments to support your needs or those of neurodivergent colleagues? by

ellielouisenewton — 2025-03-17 10:46:14 UTC

I use noise-canceling headphones to stay focused and schedule deep work in the morning. For neurodivergent colleagues, offering quiet spaces can improve productivity and well-being.

2025-03-19 20:42:51 UTC

Teach neurotypical colleagues, and especially managers, about the Double Empathy Problem: autistic empathy, emotional, and communicative reciprocity is not in deficit, but instead different to that of non-Autistic people. Autistics communicate better with other autistics.

2025-03-19 20:44:49 UTC

The Autistic person should be allowed the autonomy to curate their own environment where possible. Autistic people anecdotally report environmental factors as being one of the most significant in the development of mental health problems.