Opening Doors: Strategies for Inclusive Hiring
Sarah Aray discusses making job interviews more accessible for neurodivergent candidates. She emphasises the importance of clear questions, avoiding jargon, providing questions in advance, offering…
Neurodiverse Support
This tag covers Neurodiverse support. Neurodiversity encompasses autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia and more.
What accommodations help neurodiverse students academically?
Accommodations like note-takers, recorded lectures, extensions, private testing spaces, movement breaks, written instructions, and academic coaching/tutoring. Depends on the individual.
How to train faculty on supporting neurodiverse learning needs?
Strategies include bringing experts, sharing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) resources, student panels, requiring accessibility training, and campus events promoting neurodiversity.
What makes college campuses more neurodiversity-friendly?
Offering quiet study spaces, sensory-friendly dining, plain language materials, acceptance events celebrating neurodiversity, resident advisor inclusion training, and accessible mental health services.
What support for neurodiverse employees in education?
Flexibility in tasks/locations, dividing complex tasks, noise guidelines, written directions to complement verbal, educating all on inclusion, and designated HR contacts for accommodations.
What does the right to self-determination as an autistic person in education really mean?
Promoting Self-Determination and Inclusive Education for Autistic Individuals The right to self-determination is a fundamental principle that underscores the autonomy and agency of individuals, emphasizing…
Latest Insight: How can we better support Children with Autism in their Education?
There are currently over 182,000 autistic pupils in schools in England. Providing them with the support they need to enjoy and thrive in their learning…
How can higher education better embrace neurodiversity?
Academics and students at Arden University explore how higher education can better embrace neurodiversity to realise the value neurodivergent staff and students can bring to…
Reel #10: Reflecting on Neurodiversity: Empowering Learning and Employment
Here we are! The final episode of Neurodiversity: Empowering Learning and Employment, a collaboration between FE News’ Gavin O’Meara and Cognassist’s Dr Louise Karwowski… As…
Reel #9: Advice for Reasonable Adjustments
It’s time for the penultimate episode of the FE News and Cognassist Neurodiversity: Empowering Learning and Employment series. Reel #9 breaks down reasonable adjustments in…
Don’t hold back from talking to your neurodiverse learners
Twin Group/3SC director Kathryn Jellings explains that fears about using the wrong terminology when talking to neurodiverse learners shouldn’t stop coaches establishing what support is…
Reel #8: Memory and inclusive learning strategies
How do we learn? It’s sometimes amazing to think that people aren’t taught how to learn or the processes we use when we learn. Reel…
The Power of Personalised and Immersive Learning with Carla Aerts at EdTechX
We were #OnLocation at the EdTechX Summit where we had the opportunity to interview Carla Aerts, EdTech Innovator and Leader. In this interview, Carla Aerts discusses…
Reel #6: Evidencing learner support and what’s required
This episode, we’re going back to education and looking at how practitioners can evidence their learning support. Because without evidence, there’s no accountability or proof…