Dr Judith Mohring

So you don't have to disclose the condition and you may be stigmatised if you do. So I talk with people about the idea of saying I am the kind of person who, so I'm the kind of person who really needs some quiet to give you my best work. And focus on the company's needs.

So you don't have to disclose the condition and you may be stigmatised if you do. So I talk with people about the idea of saying I am the kind of person who, so I'm the kind of person who really needs some quiet to give you my best work. And focus on the company's needs.

If you want the best out of me, it would be really helpful if we could look at some coaching at work, if we could look at a colour-coded diary, if we could look at a quiet room to work in, if we could look at flexible working. And the difficulty with that, Alex, if I'm honest, is that it puts a lot of emphasis on the individual to be self-aware enough and also to know what they can ask for.

If you want the best out of me, it would be really helpful if we could look at some coaching at work, if we could look at a colour-coded diary, if we could look at a quiet room to work in, if we could look at flexible working. And the difficulty with that, Alex, if I'm honest, is that it puts a lot of emphasis on the individual to be self-aware enough and also to know what they can ask for.

And that is a lot of emphasis on the individual. Unfortunately, though, because neurodiversity is diverse, every individual's needs are going to be different. So we can't expect a company to go blanket, everybody gets this. What we can expect of businesses is we have a universal design approach. You've heard of universal design? Yeah.

And that is a lot of emphasis on the individual. Unfortunately, though, because neurodiversity is diverse, every individual's needs are going to be different. So we can't expect a company to go blanket, everybody gets this. What we can expect of businesses is we have a universal design approach. You've heard of universal design? Yeah.

So Nancy Doyle talks, Professor Nancy Doyle talks a lot about this and The team at Birkbeck, who've done lots of work in neurodiversity at work, talk about this. And it's basically designing an environment where anybody can ask for the adjustments they need. So if you're deaf, you can say, it'd be really helpful if the businesses, you know, if we can link teams to my hearing aids.

So Nancy Doyle talks, Professor Nancy Doyle talks a lot about this and The team at Birkbeck, who've done lots of work in neurodiversity at work, talk about this. And it's basically designing an environment where anybody can ask for the adjustments they need. So if you're deaf, you can say, it'd be really helpful if the businesses, you know, if we can link teams to my hearing aids.

It's all the basic stuff. And neurodiversity inclusion would be fit within that. But it requires the neurodivergent to be able to say, what really helps me is flexible working or really explicit instructions. This is a big issue, is when companies are vague. Oh, God, my bugbear. Somebody asked me to do something and they don't give me a deadline.

It's all the basic stuff. And neurodiversity inclusion would be fit within that. But it requires the neurodivergent to be able to say, what really helps me is flexible working or really explicit instructions. This is a big issue, is when companies are vague. Oh, God, my bugbear. Somebody asked me to do something and they don't give me a deadline.

It's like, it will not happen unless there is a deadline. I need to know when, otherwise it's literally not going to happen. Unless it's something I'm really interested in doing, in which case I'm probably already doing it.

It's like, it will not happen unless there is a deadline. I need to know when, otherwise it's literally not going to happen. Unless it's something I'm really interested in doing, in which case I'm probably already doing it.

It's a really good question. And I think there's so many elements to the question. Psychological safety is obviously a very important term at the moment. It's emerging as a term in businesses. And there's so many layers to it because actually it's about having a safe to fail culture where you can give feedback to more senior people to say this doesn't work very well for me.

It's a really good question. And I think there's so many elements to the question. Psychological safety is obviously a very important term at the moment. It's emerging as a term in businesses. And there's so many layers to it because actually it's about having a safe to fail culture where you can give feedback to more senior people to say this doesn't work very well for me.

It's about a culture where outsider voices are included and an effort is made to ensure that everybody's voices are included.

It's about a culture where outsider voices are included and an effort is made to ensure that everybody's voices are included.

So vicarious trauma, it links to this idea. So I'll define it first, sorry. Vicarious trauma is essentially being traumatized by traumatic material you're exposed to. It's not your traumatic material, it's other people's. So an example might be, say, lawyers working in family law or in...

So vicarious trauma, it links to this idea. So I'll define it first, sorry. Vicarious trauma is essentially being traumatized by traumatic material you're exposed to. It's not your traumatic material, it's other people's. So an example might be, say, lawyers working in family law or in...

um in a law on a homicide case they might be exposed to lots of traumatic material traumatic videos traumatic depositions now in my career as a psychiatrist i'm a woman as you recognize and i saw an awful lot of women who'd experienced sexual assault and i saw a lot of women who were very traumatized and over the years listened to many many

um in a law on a homicide case they might be exposed to lots of traumatic material traumatic videos traumatic depositions now in my career as a psychiatrist i'm a woman as you recognize and i saw an awful lot of women who'd experienced sexual assault and i saw a lot of women who were very traumatized and over the years listened to many many