There is only one week until the “If You Only See Me as a Neurodivergent Person, Then You’re Using the Wrong Lens!” presentation. It will take place at 7 PM US Eastern Daylight Time on Zoom. The link is currently available to Upnotch.com Neurodiversity Community members. I also will be posting daily about my thoughts … Read more
There is less than two weeks until my next presentation, which will take place on April 19th at 7 PM US EDT. I was shocked to find out yesterday right after lunch that my job was eliminated, which means I am looking for a new job. Despite this, I am determined to do the presentation, … Read more
A World Autism Awareness / Acceptance / Appreciation Day / Week / Month Article I’d like to share a bit about myself. At 57, I discovered I was autistic over two decades ago. Despite this, I’ve managed to earn two master’s degrees and I’m currently halfway through a Ph.D. program in Global Leadership at Indiana … Read more
There are only three weeks until the next presentation, which will be done in collaboration with Upnotch.com, a peer-mentoring site that is growing daily. I will be presenting to the Neurodiversity Community there on the topic “If You Only See Me as a Neurodivergent Person, You’re Using the Wrong Lens!”. This is sort of a … Read more
The latest Leadership and Neurodiversity video is out on the YouTube channel. It can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka1zbnnemVw The video continues on from the article posted here.
by William Hughes – March 18, 2024 I only heard of Neurodiversity Celebration Week two years ago, partially because it’s new, and partially because it didn’t take off in the United States until then. Companies were issuing empty platitudes saying that they were proud of their neurodivergent employees and how they were welcome in their … Read more
by William Hughes On February 3rd, 2014, I started working as a third-party contractor for Specialisterne Metro New York (now a part of Specialisterne USA). It was their second hiring initiative for autistic people, the first being with SAP in late 2013. I was a last second invitee for the “hangout” session in October 2013, … Read more