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How neurodivergence enhances workplaces

15:10 pm on 17 July 2024

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Different shouldn't doom anyone to unemployment or underemployment.

Yet Dr Maureen Dunne says too many employers shy away from hiring people whose brains work a little differently with autism, ADHD, dyslexia or any other neurodivergence.

She's a cognitive scientist who brings a unique perspective about how to tap into this under employed group as an entrepreneur and someone who is neurodivergent herself. 

She gives employers a roadmap for harnessing the power of different. Her book is called  The Neurodiversity Edge: The Essential Guide to Embracing Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Differences for Any Organization.

Neurodiversity Edge book cover Photo: supplied