Neurodiverse Voices: Good Practice in the Workplace in a time of Covid
Edited by Dr Ross Cooper, Professor Debra Kelly,
David Hermanstein, Dr Katherine Hewlett
Peer Reviewers: Becki Morris, Dr Melanie Thorley
During my first year of my Ed D at The University of Greenwich, I was required to disseminate my work in a variety of ways as follows:-
- A Large Poster
- A presentation at a Doctoral weekend
- A presentation to peers
- and to submit a paper for publishing to an academic journal, as above.
I completed all of the tasks and submitted, for peer review, an article that was then published in the ejournal AchieveAbility E-Journal | Issue 2 | Autumn 2021 ISSN 2634-0798 . My article is on page 68 titled as above and below.
“How Have Autistic Women at University, in the UK, Coped with their Studies During the Pandemic? A Proposal”
By A V Dean, Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences, School of Education, University of Greenwich.
Introduction
The study will concentrate on heterogeneous neurodivergent Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) women at university in the United Kingdom and how they have coped with their
study during the last year 2020 to 2021 and government restrictions during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid 19) pandemic (Pellicano and Stears, 2020). This will be framed with the medical and social models of disability to justify terminology (Seers and Hogg, 2021) and to clarify the context for neurotypicals and allies, such as myself (Martin, 2021).
The Westminster Achieveablity Commision
AchieveAbility is a user led charity committed to working with adults who are neurodivergent and dyslexic. To do this, we work with our partners by providing opportunities for published research-informed work and by delivering practice in the fields of: employment, education, training, social justice and cultural change. Donations are key to the sustainability of AchieveAbility to enable us to continue in this work. Key areas that are being targeted are:-
- The need for flexibility and trust in the workplace
- Reasonable adjustments that are the norm
- Assessment in the workplace
- Support that enables performance
- Well being
- Emotional intelligence
- Senior advocates and champions
- Self advocacy and training
- The end of presenteeism – a cultural shift in workplaces
- Multiple ways to remote work
Aims of the Journal
Getting to the core of the issue The AchieveAbility E-Journal is the research journal of AchieveAbility and shares the organisation’s overall commitment to promoting policy and delivering practice for successful educational, employment and training opportunities for people who are neurodivergent and dyslexic.
I will update as I progress in my thesis stage and meet my supervisors.
References
Martin, N. (2020) Perspectives on UK university employment from autistic researchers and lecturers, Disability & Society, 1–21, [online] Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0 9687599.2020.1802579
Accessed 15-2-2021
Pellicano, E. and Stears, M. (2020) The hidden inequalities of COVID-19, Autism. 24:6, 1309–1310.
Seers, K. and Hogg, R. C. (2021) ‘You don’t look autistic’: A qualitative exploration of women’s experiences of being the ‘autistic other’, Autism, pp. 1–12. [online] Available at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1362361321993722 , Accessed 21 March 2021