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The right interventions at the right time during child development can significantly change outcomes for children as they grow into adults. A neurodiversity profile or autism profile gets behind the symptoms and considers all of the child’s underlying issues. For example, it takes sensory issues and cognitive issues and connects them to create a coherent whole. Then, the recommendations provided after the assessment will work for that particular child’s profile.

Personality profiling tests are big business. Businesses see the value in understanding their leaders and managers. Whether this is to facilitate better working relationships, foster productive teamwork, or to identify talent, it’s not an alien concept. But what about Neurodiversity Profiling? I like to think about neurodiversity profiling as the NextGen personality profiling.

Do you ever get told a joke and it takes a day to get it? Delayed processing is an issue commonly found in autism, but can be found in anybody. This blog post talks about the difference between slow processing of incoming information and delayed processing. Although they may sound similar, they are actually very different issues. Perhaps you have delayed processing.

This blog post discusses potential job roles for people with slow processing of incoming information. Jobs for people with slow processing speed or a slow processing disorder do not have to be low paid or boring! Slow processing issues are often found in autism and neurodiversity.

Slow processing speed is an issue for many people with autism and can also be found in the general population. This blog discusses what slow processing of information is, different manifestations of slow processing and what issues a slow processing disorder can cause.

Sensory issues could be affecting you, even if you’re not autistic. Autism sensory issues are quite well-known as an autism issue. However, sensory issues are not just found in autism. If sensory issues are considered when designing accessible workplace environments for or your team, you may get more work done.

The blog post attempts to answer the question: how can we make workplaces more autism and neurodiversity friendly, without interfering with the needs of most of the population…? Servant leadership as a management style could be an option to enable an autism friendly working environment.

This blog post ponders the future and potential ways how to have a successful business while cultivating nurturing, honest, and open-minded practice. This would quality training about hidden diversity, such as neurodiversity. A good step towards opening up the labour market to autistic people, is more acceptance of different ways of thinking, and different ways at looking at things (even if it is not politically correct) and the benefits this may bring.

Among other things, Greta Thunberg is known for proclaiming that her autism is a superpower and without that she would not be able to do what she does. She is not alone with kinds of claims. Many people claim that it is their autism that helps them to excel at what they do. Aspiedent can assure you that the people we support do not have superpowers.

Autism spectrum condition (ASD) is commonly referred to as being mild autism or severe autism. Actually, autism is not linear and the amount of support needed is not necessarily an indication of the severity of the autism. Autism is an umbrella term that includes many different kinds of difficulties.