Find your own way - 1:1 Mentoring and support 🛣️There are certain things you have to do in work and business. Just because you have to do them, doesn't mean you have to do them the same way as other people. Does this sound familiar? * Struggl...

Like a lot of people who do doesn't-fit-neatly-into-boxes work I'm always tinkering with how I describe what I do. I've just finished the latest iteration - www.matthewbellringer.com/1-1/ -

If you know anyone who'd benefit, please do share it!

A picture of Matthew, a mid-40s non-binary person with dark curly hair, wearing a blue shirt and smiling. The picture appears alongside a quote which says "Neurodiversity means that other people are experiencing the world in fundamentally different ways" with the subtitle "A thought kept by Matthew Bellringer"

We often miss the most profound aspect of #neurodiversity - that others may be experiencing their lives utterly differently to our own, and we may not even know it.

I had a lovely conversation about this and much more on A thought I kept -
www.buzzsprout.com/2521342/epis...

#autism #ADHD

Dr Helena Bunn on the pragmatic, financial and equity imperatives of early intervention.

“Prevention isn’t a luxury, it’s the only affordable option that is also ethical”

@bpsofficial.bsky.social
#blueskyeps
#psychologymatters

When we think about digital accessibility, we often begin and end at usability. That matters, but there's a bigger picture. I'm going to be exploring that at BCS OpenFuse next week - www.bcs.org/events-calen...

#accessibility #opensource #neurodiversity

Eww!

Erk.

"I need to do /what/ to get full fibre broadband?"

Resolving that one could be an uncomfortable conversation either way.

Airbnb turns to AI to help prevent house parties The short-term rental giant is now using artificial intelligence to try to prevent troublemakers.

Headlines definitely land differently if your brain is accustomed to reading AI as Artificial Insemination! e.g. www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...

For those of you in Brighton, UK, I'm going to be running on of my regular Curious Being Lego Social sessions this Sunday at Puzzle Bored.

Would be super to see some of you there for low-pressure socialising and (if you like) some playing with Lego!

buytickets.at/curiousbeing...

Is there a word for both feeling seen and called out at the same time? Because whatever that word is, that's what I'm feeling.

See you in about ten years.

If you happen to be in Brighton at the end of August, come and join our fab little community for a Lego Social -

buytickets.at/curiousbeing...

It's an open, neuro-accessible, welcoming place where you can chat and build as little or as much as you like. Hope to see you there!

My version of #productivity has never really looked like the "right" way to be productive. In this episode of Neat, Plausible and Wrong, Dr. Miriam and I dig into how this idea shows up in the #workplace.

Full episode - youtu.be/ZhH2i1sRbVg

I'm deeply ambivalent about the idea of #resilience at work - it's both a necessary skill, and an idea that's used against #neurodivergent and other marginalised people.

You can watch the full episode here - youtu.be/pS2Bd1ik8G4

Ever had legitimate concerns dismissed as "change resistance"? In this episode of Neat, Plausible and Wrong, Dr. Miriam and I dig into this very murky concept.

Full episode - youtu.be/aXkNc7Pd4zQ

#neurodiversity #psychology #change

Visual thinking is something that often comes up in discussions around #neurodiversity - yet like many neurodivergent people, I'm not a stereotypical visual thinker.

Dr. Miriam and I talk all this through in our latest episode:

youtu.be/Y4f1Xm4Jor0

We're moving into controversial territory here - talking about the good and the bad of #personality types at work. If I'm honest, from a #neurodiversity perspective, it's mostly bad.

Full video - youtu.be/WHzyCNTuS0s

The first of our new series of conversations exploring business #psychology through the lens of #neurodiversity. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. If you've been told strange things about #motivation at work, then this might explain why!

You can find the full episode at www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTfv...

What Sherlock Holmes can teach us about productivity and our brains What can Baker Street’s most famous resident teach us about how we do our most important work?

Every wondered what Sherlock Holmes has to do with being productive? I had a really great chat with @hellosteadman.com on his podcast Undo about how to get things done in your own way and play to your strengths.

undo.fm/sherlock/

#neurodiversity #productivity #podcast #ADHD

Figuring out what to do before and after diagnosis of a neurodivergent condition can be an awful lot to navigate. I spoke to Dr Rachel Morris on her podcast about some ways to approach the whole thing - youarenotafrog.com/episodes/266/

#neurodiversity #adhd #autism #podcast

AuDHD at work I noticed that a lot of the advice out there for autistic people or ADHDers at work doesn't really help if you're both. Hel Straker had noticed this too, so we've got together to do something about it...

I recently interviewed some fellow AuDHDers about their experiences at work. Not only was it fascinating, it was personally validating too.

This link has details of the findings from the research and future plans - www.matthewbellringer.com/audhd-at-work/

#neurodiversity #audhd #autism #adhd

Neuro-accessible language Fixing language barriers for neurodivergent people I recently helped an organisation make the language in an assessment more accessible to neurodivergent people. This got me thinking about the idea o...

Inaccessible language in things like forms and exams can be a huge barrier to neurodivergent people. It's so overlooked that I couldn't find much at all about it online. So I wrote a thing

www.matthewbellringer.com/neuro-access...

#neurodiversity #autism #adhd #dyslexia #accessibility