Blog from Dr Annemarie O'Dwyer
Embracing neurodiversity…
The neurodivergent mind offers a unique approach to the professional world. In this blog, we'll explore a variety of topics, offering insights, strategies, and tips to help you thrive in your career. While many of the posts are written with the education professional in mind, we'll also be including content that applies to a wider neurodivergent audience.
Where are all the neurodivergent teaching professionals?
This piece summarizes the intent and purpose of ‘neurodiverse insider’. |t proposes, if education is to be truly inclusive then more needs to be done to accommodate neurodivergent teaching professionals.
Disclosure – how to encourage an open and pragmatic approach…
If a neurodivergent teacher chooses to disclose, it is often not a one-time event, and often they enter into a ‘cycle of disclosure’. Read on for some suggestions on how the process can be made that little bit easier.
To declare, or not to declare. That is the question.
Should a teacher declare they are neurodivergent? There is no simple right or wrong answer here, often the decision to declare is influenced by a persons personal and professional experiences of how others have responded to their neurodivergence.