I’ve made a couple of tough decisions: 1. The article that I wrote for World Autism Acceptance Day will be my last. I’ve found that articles don’t get as much engagement as posts, as even long posts get more views. Articles seem to have peaked for me in 2022, with the 2020, 2021 and 2022 … Read more

By William Hughes Please allow me to introduce myself… It’s been a long journey to get from my first article in 2020 to this year’s piece. It all started when my managers committed an unintentional(?) oversight and invited the rest of the departmental staff to what would become a series of weekly virtual get-togethers at … Read more

The March 17, 2025 edition of Leadership and Neurodiversity is now live on YouTube. It can be found at: https://lnkd.in/eNWgnHdc In this edition: 1. I discuss potential fundraising for the Leadership and Neurodiversity project starting later this year as well as announce the start of a side hustle this week. 2. It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week … Read more

The February 28, 2025 edition of Leadership and Neurodiversity is on the YouTube channel. This is the hardest video I’ve ever had to make, as it’s a “state of affairs” video. I speak candidly about what is going on in the United States, where my career is headed (or rather, likely stalled permanently), my desire … Read more

The re-recording of the presentation to Fordham University was completed today and posted to the Leadership and Neurodiversity channel. The original live recording had technical difficulties, so the re-recording was done without an audience. It can be found at: https://youtu.be/8fyWISOd9Ls

Hello everyone, A new video in the Leadership and Neurodiversity series has been released on the YouTube channel. It’s a shorter video that discusses the state of DEI and neurodiversity hiring in the United States in 2025, my current class and how it applies to my intended research and my plans for the first part … Read more

Hello everyone, I’ve decided to cancel the December Leadership and Neurodiversity video and move it to January 18th. This means this will likely be my last post for 2024. It’s been quite a wild year, hasn’t it? On my end, I was restructured out of a job, was unemployed for 5 months, and got a … Read more

This being the end of 2024, I thought I would finish what has been a wild year with a flourish, or at least a laugh or two. I’ve been thinking about the many cartoons that are run each year and have found 5 that have at least some neurodivergent traits. They range from showing one … Read more

I have decided to join Bluesky as a way of posting short messages about things that interest me, introduce new videos, and generally enhance the Leadership and Neurodiversity project. I use williamhughes11 as my handle, but the Leadership and Neurodiversity logo is my avatar. I hope to see you there soon!

This was actually done last week, but a new video was released on the Leadership and Neurodiversity YouTube channel that looks at all of the following: 1. The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and it’s possible impact on neurodivergent people’s rights. 2. How the election will impact Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives as well as leadership … Read more