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Jan 10, 2025 | 
hwrkmagazine.co.uk | Leanne Maskell
By Leanne MaskellHow schools can support students by becoming ‘neuro-affirmative’ – because a child’s needs can be met without a label. Newly-elected Leader of the Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch, has said that diagnosis of neurodevelopmental conditions like autism has become ‘something that society, schools, and employers have to adapt around.’In an ideal world, no formal diagnosis, or ‘label’, would be required for these ‘accommodations’.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
trainingmag.com | Leanne Maskell
As ADHD has only been diagnosable in UK adults since 2008, awareness has skyrocketed in recent years, with a 400 percent increase in the number of adults seeking assessments since 2020. For HR, this presents a clear challenge, with one in five neurodivergent employees experiencing harassment at work.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
wearethecity.com | Leanne Maskell
There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ in neurodiversity – or human beings. To be neurodivergent means to have a brain that diverges from neuronormative standards, with a different operating system to ‘most’. Just as Apple and Google come with their own unique features, so do people.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
msn.com | Leanne Maskell
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Leanne Maskell
The festive period can be overwhelming for neurodivergent people, with the disruptions to routine, demands of masking, and endless social expectations. For those of us with ‘squiggly’ brains and lives, it’s easy to feel like we’re falling short – I often find myself feeling like the Grinch!However, the festive season doesn’t have to drain you.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Leanne Maskell
Understanding adult ADHD: a closer look at the invisible struggleADHD coach and author Leanne MaskellAs ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition, symptoms typically manifest during early development, lasting throughout a person’s life. We’re born with a different internal operating system to ‘most’, with fundamental, natural differences in our brain structure. ADHD is just part of who we are, like the colour of our eyes — not an illness that can be ‘treated’, ‘cured’ or ‘fixed’.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
corporatecomplianceinsights.com | Leanne Maskell
With neurodiversity on the rise, employers face a choice: continue handling accommodations case by case, or make them universal. The second approach isn’t just more inclusive — it’s better for business, says author and coach Leanne Maskell. Workplace culture is something that can’t easily be measured, quantified or boxed into SMART goals. It’s the shared values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors that define the organization’s environment and how employees interact — all of whom are neurodiverse.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
welldoing.org | Leanne Maskell
Waiting lists for ADHD assessments are prohibitively long, and many people feel they are in limbo
ADHD coach Leanne Maskell offers her tips for how you can support yourself pre- and post-diagnosis
We have therapists who specialise in supporting clients with ADHD – find them here
As the number of people seeking an ADHD assessment have risen by 400% since 2020, services have struggled to cope, with waiting lists of up to 10 years.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
fastcompanyme.com | Leanne Maskell
We are all neurodiverse, meaning our brains are wired differently, leading us to think, process, and function uniquely. However, workplace environments often require us to conform to unwritten “professional” standards and expectations. Since we’re all conditioned by our own biases of what is “normal,” misunderstandings can easily arise between colleagues. This is particularly relevant as , meaning their ways of thinking differ from what is generally considered typical.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
fastcompany.com | Leanne Maskell
We are all neurodiverse, meaning our brains are wired differently, leading us to think, process, and function uniquely. However, workplace environments often require us to conform to unwritten “professional” standards and expectations. Since we’re all conditioned by our own biases of what is “normal,” misunderstandings can easily arise between colleagues. This is particularly relevant as , meaning their ways of thinking differ from what is generally considered typical.
