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Neurodiversity programmes may be causing harm, landmark review warns

A major new review published in the International Journal of Management Reviews finds that workplace neurodiversity research is fragmented, geographically narrow, and at risk of producing the very harms it seeks to prevent

The staffroom neurodivergence problem school leaders don't see

Chris Benson spent more than 15 years leading schools, including as a headteacher, before founding Head First Consulting. He speaks to Neurodivergent Works about what the teaching profession gets wrong about its neurodivergent staff, and what HR leads can do about it.

Key highlights: National Neurodiversity at Work Conference 2026

Neurodivergent Works provides its highlights from the eighth annual National Neurodiversity at Work Conference, which took place in London on 20 May

How Kate Jenkinson is rewriting the HR neuroinclusion playbook

Kate Jenkinson PhD, FCIPD has spent her career as a research scientist, HR director, executive coach and business poet. She tells Neurodivergent Works why organisations keep losing neurodivergent leaders and why poetry is part of the answer

AI could unlock neurodivergent disclosure, survey finds

Nearly four in five neurodivergent employees are already using AI tools at work, new research finds, with more than half saying they would be more likely to disclose their condition if specialist AI were offered as a standard workplace accommodation

'Accommodations for neurodivergent people exclude no one and include everyone' – psychiatrist Dr Catherine Dakin

Every system neurodivergent employees navigate was designed for neurotypical people. Dr Catherine Dakin tells Neurodivergent Works what that costs, and what good practice looks like

From Oatly's head of people to neurodiversity consultancy: 'We're always retrofitting rather than building differently'

Laura Wyatt spent a decade in people leadership, including six years building the people function at Oatly, before founding Qualia Collective. She tells Neurodivergent Works why HR has been thinking about neurodiversity through the wrong lens — and what it would mean to get it right

New data shows fewer than one in four neurodivergent employees disclose to HR

Brain in Hand's 2026 report into the neurodivergent workplace experience contains some striking findings. Neurodivergent Works examines what HR professionals need to know

'Nobody told me I had ADHD. They told me I was justifying bad behaviour'

Amit Singh Kalley spent nearly a decade as a senior leader in education before his ADHD diagnosis changed everything

Neurodiversity tribunal claims surge as manager confidence gaps persist

More than a third of managers lack confidence when discussing workplace adjustments for neurodivergent employees, according to new research from compliance training provider VinciWorks

The workplace costs of ignoring dyscalculia

Dyscalculia affects roughly 6% of the UK population. Rob Jennings, co-founder of the Dyscalculia Network, explains what HR teams are missing, and what they can do about it

'It's free to take the steps that make the biggest difference': Neurodiversity UK

Building a neuroinclusive workplace doesn't require a big budget. James Robertson and Jack Norwood of Neurodiversity UK explain why the most effective steps are often free, and why the will to act matters more than the resources available

'The more it was rewarded, the more I had to mask': City investment manager on autism and late diagnosis

A City investment manager, established and well-regarded, is going through an autism assessment. They spoke to Neurodivergent Works about decades of masking, what the process is revealing and what they wish HR knew about it

'Collaborating for Impact': Key highlights from Neurodiversity in Business 2026

Neurodivergent Works reports from the annual event, held in London