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Wilmington clinicians: design workplaces to support neurodivergent staff
Summary
Clinicians from Clarity Counseling Center told a Zoom audience that employers can increase performance and inclusion by designing predictable processes, offering proactive accommodations and using simple tools such as one‑page “how I work” guides.
Clinicians from Clarity Counseling Center urged employers at a recent The Common Thread webinar on Zoom to design workplaces that accommodate neurodivergent employees so they can contribute their strengths without stigma.
The topic mattered, the speakers said, because many adults are neurodivergent and simple workplace changes can both improve individual dignity and raise team performance. “We will be exploring and unpacking wired for brilliance, embracing neurodivergence is, as a catalyst for innovation and inclusion,” the webinar host said.
Mikayla Titsworth, a clinician with Clarity Counseling Center, framed neurodivergence as “a broad range of variations in the brain function, cognitive processes, anything that is difficult or strays from neurotypical,” and noted that many people in a workplace may be neurodivergent without knowing it. Titsworth cited a statistic…
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