What things have helped you in the work place that you think might help other people with autism/who are autistic or have ADHD?
Comment below your answers. The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn Jodee Simpson (she/her) π³οΈβπ Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone #autism #ADHD
WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Jodee Simpson (she/her) π³οΈβπ Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone This is a crowdsourced blog I made a few years ago on reasonable adjustments for #AutisticsInAcademia
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Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Weβve just sent our guidelines for ND speech and language therapists to the formatters at RCSLT so weβre expecting it to be out pretty soon.
Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Accessibility features on windows apps - eg read aloud, dictate - would be really good if an employer could find out more and add tutorials on intranet
Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone ND strategy coaching funded through access to work - Iβm doing it at the moment and everyone I know who has used one says itβs changed their lives especially ADHDers
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Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Options to work in the spaces where we are most productive without people making assumptions about what they think is best for us
Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Access to regular staff psychological therapies, an impartial mentor or workplace coach who is specialised in supporting ND people. Best allies are ND themselves and use an ND affirming approach - we are different, not deficient
Jodee Simpson (she/her) π³οΈβπ WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Body-doubling is about the only reliable strategy for me!
Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Jodee Simpson (she/her) π³οΈβπ Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Thanks for sharing Gill! You are excellent.
Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone RemarkAble 2 tablet - no distracting apps or emails. Just converts all your handwritten notes and drawings into digital text. Brilliant - going to save me so much time typing up my clinical notes. Iβm so tired after a visit due to sensory and social stimulation that brain stops
Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Things that have helped me so far:
- psychological safety - having a line manager who is curious and asks how they can support and takes time to find out about RAs for neurodivergent employees and does not judge or overreact when you disclose challenges
Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Flexible working - not the kind where you have to fill in a form and apply for a change of hours. Flexibility where you can take 2 hours out to rest because youβre overstimulated or have had a PTSD flashback or your meds have caused a high/low/tremors etc. you canβt predict these
WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Having a colleague to body double with - work alongside each other and keep each other on task
Using timers and alarms.
I forget to eat and also donβt like being told what to do so my 1pm alarm asks βhave you eaten yet?β
Dr Gill Loomes-Quinn WYNeuroReview The Advonet Group Disability Rights UK Jaimes Lewis Moran Leeds Health and Care Partnership Rob Webster π Touchstone Fidgets - explore them all to find what works for you. If you need movement, sit stand desks are great, wobble chairs / large fit ball or kneel stools and kneel rockers