NEURODIVERSITY TOOLKIT

Individualized Focus

Therefore, the design strategies outlined in this tool focus on accommodating flexibility. They define clear solutions for implementation while supporting a variety of individual needs. The solutions empower each employee with choice so they can adjust the space to best work for them. Thus accomplishing three important features:

Choice

Flexibility

Spaces and features designed to be flexible, supporting autonomy of choice throughout the day.

Variety

Different types of spaces and set ups provided to support a range of needs.

By designing for choice, flexibility and variety, common ground is formed to support an equitable, integrated workplace where the focus is not on the challenges of difference but rather the strengths those differences create together. Just as the varying forms and functions that compose each living system that make up our world support each other for flourishing ecosystems, we must do the same.

While the strategies outlined in this tool can address flexibility and variety, choice starts by engaging the employees. Therefore, choice requires preparation before design to permit time for reaction based on individual responses.