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What organizations can learn from disabled and neurodivergent employees as they adopt artificial intelligence
đ€Ș No one seems to be talking about #AI, so I thought I'd start the conversation đ€ Okay, I know I'm entering a conversation where everyone seems to have an opinion. That being said, I've noticed that a lot of what is being said has overlooked the valuable knowledge #disabled people can bring to AI adoption strategy. đ€Much of the current conversation focuses on AI replacing jobs or increasing productivity and far less attention is being paid to the fact that many disabled
Gillian Forth
6 days ago2 min read
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Mental Health & Neurodivergence
Neurodivergence and mental health are distinct, and very much intertwined.
May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and there's an interesting question for leaders to consider:
âHow do I support mental health and neurodivergence at work without overstepping, pathologizing people, or turning inclusion into performative HR language?â
Leaders need to stop treating neurodivergence and mental health as separate conversations.
Gillian Forth
May 312 min read
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
đ§ Most workplaces are still designed for, or default to, a fictional âaverageâ brain.
And every year in May on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we post about accessâŠwithout changing the systems that make work inaccessible in the first place.
#Accessibility isnât a checklist. Itâs not a DEI slide. Itâs not âwe have #accommodations if you ask.â
Itâs whether your workplace really works for people who think, communicate, and process differently. In my experien
Gillian Forth
May 211 min read
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day started with a single blog post
đ§ Did you know the idea of a Global Accessibility Awareness Day started with a single blog post written by a Los Angeles-based web developer, Joe Devon, back in 2011 titled, "CHALLENGE: Accessibility know-how needs to go mainstream with developers. NOW."?
Gillian Forth
May 211 min read
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