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Understanding the inherent connection, overlap, and intertwining of mental health, neurodivergence, and disability helps leaders design cohesive supports, avoids unnecessary disclosure, and helps target the real problem, which is often the environment.

Your managers and your #accommodations process are undermining your team’s effectiveness. We already know the two key truths: 👩‍💼 Managers have a bigger impact on employee wellbeing than doctors or therapists. 📈 High-performing teams are built on how people work together, especially psychological safety. Most managers are not trained to create that safety and the ones causing harm often do not realize it.

⚖️ What is the duty to accommodate in practice? Most organizations think they understand the legal duty to accommodate. They understand it to be the obligation to provide an #accommodation to an employee with a #disability when an employee asks for it. They see it living with #HR and an insurance company. The Legal Duty to Accommodate, including the Duty to Inquire, go beyond this AND they're still the minimum when it comes to removing barriers.

May 15- June 15th is #TouretteAwareness Month! #TSAwarenessMonth Did you know Tourette Syndrome is a form of #neurodivergence? Tourette Syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder. The condition is characterized by sudden, involuntary movements and/or sounds called tics. Tics can range from mild/inconsequential to moderate and severe, and are disabling in some cases.

There seems to be a month and day for everything! I enjoy seeing all of the different holidays, awareness days, and observances in my calendar, they are often unfamiliar and provoke a bit of research. March in particular is carrying a lot. It is #NationalDevelopmentalDisabilitiesAwarenessMonth, #DeafHistoryMonth, #BisexualHealthAwarenessMonth, and #WomensHistoryMonth. Today is #Dyscalculia Awareness Day. Sunday marked the #Disability Day of Mourning