Aspiedent's Blog

We discuss how many autistic people are categorised as having lower intelligence than they actually have. A few even get categorised as having a learning disability, but then go on to get a PhD! If someone has a processing difficulty regarding what’s going on around them, struggling to process speech and unable to hold a conversation, it doesn’t mean that they don't have a high level of intelligence. If they get the opportunity to learn about something that interests them, there is no reason why they shouldn't do well in an appropriate job – or even get a PhD!

It is widely recognised that having diversity of thinking in your team improves problem solving and innovation. What about multi-disciplinary working - how does that work within a team? Can you deliberately build diverse and balanced teams that incorporate many different ways of thinking? Can you get them working together effectively, or will there just be loads of misunderstandings? This blog post discusses diversity of thinking for multi-disciplinary working, what happens if your employee has an uneven ability profile (which is common in autism and neurodiversity), and how to go about building balanced, diverse, and effective teams.