mind the gap.

We are living in a fascinating moment for those with neurodiversity. Diagnostic criteria, testing and treatment are all constantly changing and it has created a bifurcated workforce of those who were identified as children and those who came to understand their differences as adults.

It wasn’t until the 90’s where we started to have accurate testing, a trained workforce of psychologists, and enough awareness to begin identifying those who were Neurodiverse in a school setting. This means Millennials and older are getting diagnosed in adulthood. Today’s managers, directors, and C-Suiters have had to mask their way to the top. Hiding their differences to fit in, to find success at the cost of significant burnout.

Bridging the Gap.

If we follow the logic, broadly speaking, that more experienced professionals have a blind spot when it comes to neurodiversity compared to their peers who are fresher to the workforce, we can expect difficulties to be experienced by both groups. Those in control of creating and maintaining the systems within a company do not have the history to justify accommodating for neurodiversity, and those younger professionals meet a workplace that does not start with considering their neurodiversity like their educational environments did from the start.

In order to get past this systemic barrier, an expert is needed to step in to give guidance so that systems can become more responsive to their employees. A culture where employees feel confident in managing up, down, and across to those who might be Neurodiverse will lead to better retention and better outcomes overall. This is true for the Neurodiverse employee and the Neurotypical employee alike.

I have been working with those who are Neurodiverse in nearly every context imaginable for the last 20 years as a licensed professional counselor and coach. Individual therapy, group therapy, couples therapy, testing, school-based interventions, college/grad school counseling, work place interventions, administration, board work, nonprofit work, you name it.

Because of my depth and breath of experience, I am uniquely suited to address your needs as an organization.