Tag: reasonable adjustments

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They’re Not Ignoring You: How to Support Someone Who Struggles with Phone Calls

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If someone you love watches their phone ring and doesn’t pick up, it’s probably not about you. This guide explains why phone calls are genuinely hard for many neurodivergent people, and offers practical, low-effort shifts for partners, friends, family members, and colleagues who want to communicate in a way that actually works.

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When the Job Hunt Is the Job: Neurodivergent and Looking for Work

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Job hunting is hard. Job hunting while neurodivergent — from a standing start of redundancy, gardening leave, and a nervous system not built for relentless self-promotion — is something else entirely. This article covers the application process, interviews, disclosure decisions, psychometric testing, and the emotional load, from someone writing in the middle of it.

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Taming Email and Messages When Your Neurodivergent Brain Is Already Full

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Email and messages are meant to keep us connected, but for many neurodivergent people they mostly arrive as a steady stream of demands and tiny emergencies. This piece looks at why inbox overload is so common, and offers small, realistic ways to use quiet hours, simple triage, templates and clearer expectations so email feels a little less hostile to your already-full brain.

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