{"id":2531,"date":"2021-05-18T11:50:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T10:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/landodlatestnews\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2021-05-18T11:50:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T10:50:26","slug":"exploring-neurodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/landodlatestnews\/2021\/05\/18\/exploring-neurodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Neurodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Are you exploring whether, maybe,\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0something unusual about your way of looking at the world?\u00a0What does it feel like as a neurodivergent academic? Does the way your neurotypical Professional Services colleagues communicate or socialise seem\u00a0a bit odd? Aren\u2019t autistic people mainly interested in STEM?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Are you thinking about asking for workplace reasonable adjustments to be made, but worried that this could attract stigma? Does the thought of leaving your carefully controlled working-from-home environment make the autumn feel intimidating?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Would being able to share experiences and draw support from colleagues from every part of the University make these questions (and so many more) feel less daunting?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Come along to the session\u00a0<b><i>Exploring Neurodiversity<\/i><\/b>\u00a0on\u00a0<b>Tuesday 18 May at 14:00<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"> (This will be a Teams meeting, and there is no need to pre-register \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/meetup-join\/19%3ameeting_NmY1NGZiNzYtZjUwMy00NjYwLThhYWYtZWJiZTBhYzZiMjk5%40thread.v2\/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2251a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22adcefc9b-9707-45ba-8f58-23674f593f47%22%7d\">Click here to join the meeting<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">No answers are promised.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">There\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0be any experts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Just an open and accepting space where your confidentiality will be respected.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Periodically,\u00a0staff approach the Disability Staff Network and ask if there is a support network especially for neurodivergent\u00a0staff.\u00a0This\u00a0session, if useful, could be the beginning of creating 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