Category: Colleagues & Teams

Articles for co-workers who share offices, projects and meetings with quietly neurodivergent people. How to be a considerate teammate, reduce accidental harm and make everyday work life less draining for everyone.

Being a Good Colleague

Being a Good Colleague to Someone Who’s Quietly Neurodivergent

You might have a colleague who is bright and reliable but often quiet, hard to read or exhausted after busy days. Maybe they’ve told you they are autistic or ADHD, or maybe you just have a sense that the world takes more effort for them. This guide offers practical, plain-English ways to be a good colleague: clearer emails, reasonable notice, respecting headphone time, avoiding minimising jokes and gossip, and remembering you don’t have to fix them to make work a little kinder.

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