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How can we support Neurodiversity?
How to build a neurodiverse workforce
- Engage with the local community. Community groups can help employers find and attract neurodiverse talent.
- Adjust your hiring practices.
- Be patient.
- Organize expert-driven, two-way training.
What is Neurodiverse in relation to specific learning difficulties?
Neurodiversity is a term that applies to all those with neurological difference such as those with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD). SpLD is an umbrella term for dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Can people with disabilities go to school?
Schools for Special Needs Education are schools for children with comparatively severe disabilities. Special Needs Education is provided also in regular schools. Special classes are small classes for children with comparatively mild disabilities that may be established in regular elementary and lower secondary schools.
How can a neurodiversity approach support students with learning disorders?
A neurodiversity-oriented approach would focus more attention on using the information gained from such assessments to help build on learners’ strengths and to help students use their assets to tackle their social, emotional, cognitive, and academic challenges.
How can I help Neurodiverse children?
Child Development – Supporting Neurodiverse Children in Times of Stress and Crisis
- Answer questions in a simple, honest, developmentally appropriate manner. Be concrete in your use of language.
- Validate and normalize your child’s feelings.
- Don’t avoid talking about the event or stressor.
How learning disabilities affect college students?
Students with learning disabilities may find it difficult to acquire knowledge or skills in the same ways as their peers. This could mean they struggle to learn through traditional teaching methods, or that they wrestle with a curriculum designed for students their age.
What other conditions may occur with specific learning difficulties?
We have explored in more detail the SpLD that most often co-occur with dyslexia.
- What is neurodiversity?
- Anxiety and mental health.
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
- Dyscalculia and maths difficulties.
- Dyspraxia (DCD)
- Visual difficulties.
What other conditions may co-occur with specific learning difficulties?
It is very common for people to have more than one co-occurring SpLD. Other conditions that co-occur include stress, anxiety and sleep disorders.
How can schools be more accessible?
Avoid segregating or stigmatizing any student. Make interactions accessible to all participants. Ensure physical access to facilities. Arrange instructional spaces to maximize inclusion and comfort.
Can universities do more to support disabled students?
Universities can do more to support their disabled students. More students with a disability are going to university than ever before, but we need greater progress to level the playing field.
What makes a college accessible for people with disabilities?
U.S. schools are responsible for making their courses, campus, activities and services accessible to people with disabilities. This includes physical access to college buildings, transportation, housing, and other facilities.
Where can I study in the US if I have disabilities?
Accessibility at U.S. Colleges and Universities Wherever you decide to study in the U.S., you are guaranteed basic access. The United States has thousands of colleges and universities across the country. Each is unique in its own way, but all schools have something in common: they cannot discriminate against anyone due to his or her disability.
Is accessibility a state of mind in higher education?
Accessibility should be a “state of mind,” and that has not historically been the case in higher education, said Marion Quirici, a disability studies professor at Duke University who advises the Duke Disability Alliance, a student group that advocates for visibility and accessibility for students with disabilities.