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Neurodiversity Profiling: Bridging the gap between the medical model of disability and the person-centered approach in neurodivergent functioning.
Neurodiversity Profiling: Bridging the gap between the medical model of disability and the person-centered approach in neurodivergent functioning.Renowned research engineer and nuclear physicist Emerson Pugh said: “If the human brain were so simple that we could...
Neurodiversity Workplace Profiler
Neurodiversity Workplace ProfilerOn 3 February 2023 we were excited to introduce the Neurodiversity Workplace Profiler to Australia in a livestreamed webinar presented by Founder of the Neurodiverse Safe Work Initiative, Catherine Lee. You can watch the webinar...
Why does Australia need the Neurodiversity Workplace Profiler?
Why does Australia need the Neurodiversity Workplace Profiler?A question I am often asked when speaking with employers, human resources and occupational health and safety professionals is whether there is a need to screen workers for neurodivergence. It is a question...
Neurodiversity and Reasonable Adjustments – Is there a better way?
Neurodiversity and Reasonable Adjustments – Is there a better way? A conversation with a kitchen worker during a routine occupational health and safety management systems audit recently prompted me to think more deeply about disability discrimination as it...
Sex, Drugs and Adult ADHD – What OHS Professionals need to know
My article “Do we have an ADHD blind spot in our occupational health and safety management systems?” prompted requests for more information about adult ADHD as it affects worker safety and productivity. In this article, I explore the differences in ADHD between the...
Neurodiversity Profiling in Employment
Neurodiversity Profiling in EmploymentWorkplace Health and Safety Queensland invited us to present at a Livestream event for their Mental Health Week 2022 Campaign, to shine a light on the important, complex and long neglected issue of neurodiversity and how it...