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Talk summary:
Occupational Health has traditionally approached neurodivergence through the lens of individual adjustment — diagnosis, reasonable adjustments, and support for the person. This session goes further, asking what neurodivergent experience can reveal about the design of work itself. Drawing on concepts including person–environment fit, cognitive and social ergonomics, monotropism, masking and the double empathy problem, the talk explores how hidden cognitive, social and environmental demands are built into everyday work — and how they affect everyone, not only those with a diagnosis. The central argument is that OH, sitting at the interface between the person, their health, the job and the working environment, is uniquely placed to read patterns across individual cases as a form of organisational intelligence: insight that can help employers design healthier, more sustainable and more effective work for all.
Speaker bio:
Robert Annis is Co-Founder of NEURO and an organisational psychologist and coach. He has deep experience in organisational learning and development, including previously leading a training department at a large consultancy, and works on neuroinclusion as organisational design rather than solely individual accommodation. NEURO is a new charity focused on turning neuroinclusion into a strategic organisational advantage. Robert is neurodivergent himself, giving him both professional and lived-experience perspectives on the interaction between people, work and organisational systems.
Chair: Nina Parson
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