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The federal government introduced Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act. It proposes an age restriction to ban youth and children under 16 from holding social media accounts.

🧠 🌈 Many people don't realize that there is significant overlap between the hashtag#2SLGBTQIA+ and #neurodivergent communities. Research consistently shows that Autistic and ADHD people are more likely to identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ than the general population. If we want #Pride celebrations to be truly inclusive, they need to be neuroinclusive and accessible, too.

Neurodivergence and mental health are distinct, and very much intertwined. May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and there's an interesting question for leaders to consider: “How do I support mental health and neurodivergence at work without overstepping, pathologizing people, or turning inclusion into performative HR language?” Leaders need to stop treating neurodivergence and mental health as separate conversations.

🤖 #AI isn’t suddenly “proving” neurodivergent people were right, what it's doing is making certain ways of working profitable. If you’ve been paying attention to recent coverage, the story is messy: Harvard Business Review has been publishing pieces showing AI can increase productivity while also intensifying work and expectations. At the same time, outlets like Fortune are reporting on “AI brain fry” and rising cognitive overload.

Most workplaces don’t have a performance problem. They have a friction problem. Friction between how people naturally think, communicate, and work and how the workplace expects them to. I've worked with dozens of neurodivergent employees and their managers, and it's often unclear and/or arbitrary expectations that fuel most performance issues.

🎊 Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV, it's a global event dedicated to celebrating the lives, contributions, and JOY of transgender and non-binary people. 😍 🥰Many of my coaching clients identify as #neuroqueer ♾️ 🌈 💜 Did you know Autistic people may be ~3x more likely to identify as trans? And Trans and gender non-conforming people are 3 to 6 times more likely to be Autistic than cis people?

🗓️ April is #AutismMonth (or Autism Acceptance, Autism Awareness Month, depending who you ask) 🧠♾️🌈 I'm #Autistic. Not everyone knows that about me. I don't really like talking about myself and prefer to keep personal stories high level and vague when I do share. I typically identify as neurodivergent instead of naming the specific labels I identify with.

"Gill, a member of my team came to me with a complaint about an interaction with another team member (who has disclosed an Autism diagnosis to me). The team member described the interaction as curt and unprofessional, as they could hear my staff express their frustration with the question being asked. How do I support the team member who feels the interaction was unprofessional while also supporting my #Autistic team member and encouraging professional communication?"