For me it starts with trust and safety. Obviously you're not going to feel safe and trusted in a traditional workplace environment/situation because DUH.
But you might feel safer and more open to trust in a conversation with someone who gets it and who is here for all the challenges and difficulties as much as a good info dump. I don't think genuine inclusion can happen without that sense of community and understanding, someone/somewhere has got to be the safe space between the individual and community's experiences and the capitalist infrastructure. I'm just out here trying to be that space first and foremost.
Then, if I can use my position within the company to work on systemic change to tackle the issues I'm seeing in the community day in day out, and do it with the people it affects - well that's the dream isn't it?
If anyone has figured out how to do the above without burning yourself out in the process please let me know 💀
I’ve heard workplaces with almost all neurodivergent workers is amazing. Hard to get into and they don’t exactly advertise but they all just know and accept each other. Better culture, better teams etc. It doesn’t go with the integration “neurodiversity” idea but I keep hearing people aren’t burning out.
For me it starts with trust and safety. Obviously you're not going to feel safe and trusted in a traditional workplace environment/situation because DUH.
But you might feel safer and more open to trust in a conversation with someone who gets it and who is here for all the challenges and difficulties as much as a good info dump. I don't think genuine inclusion can happen without that sense of community and understanding, someone/somewhere has got to be the safe space between the individual and community's experiences and the capitalist infrastructure. I'm just out here trying to be that space first and foremost.
Then, if I can use my position within the company to work on systemic change to tackle the issues I'm seeing in the community day in day out, and do it with the people it affects - well that's the dream isn't it?
If anyone has figured out how to do the above without burning yourself out in the process please let me know 💀
I’ve heard workplaces with almost all neurodivergent workers is amazing. Hard to get into and they don’t exactly advertise but they all just know and accept each other. Better culture, better teams etc. It doesn’t go with the integration “neurodiversity” idea but I keep hearing people aren’t burning out.
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