BCS Software Practice Advancement specialist group
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SPA-355: Neurodiversity Understood
When: Wednesday 2nd June 2021, 18:30 - 20:00 BST
Where: GoTo Webinar
Price: Free
Your confirmation email will provide the next step to enable you to access the meeting. 48 hours and 1 hour prior to the event, reminder emails will be sent to those registered, with the non-transferable URL needed to gain access. The session will probably be recorded. If you do not wish to feature in the recording, please keep your microphone muted and your camera off.
AGENDA
* from 6:00pm: log in, wait for webinar to begin
* 6:30pm: presentation begins
* 7:45pm approximately: questions and answers
* 8:15pm approximately, if not before: end
Synopsis
Have you heard about Neurodiversity recently? Are you curious to learn more? Then let's get the neurodiversity conversation started.
Using examples from real life and highlighting successful neurodiverse people, this 1-hour(+) session gives a clear and practical introductory understanding of neurodiversity and is suitable for everyone.
Following this webinar, participants will
- Have gained an introductory understanding of neurodiversity
- Learn to recognise and celebrate the positives of thinking differently
- Recognise how the strengths of neurodiversity can benefit your organisation
- Gain an introductory understanding of how neurodiverse talent could provide your organisation with a competitive advantage
About the presenter
Daniel Aherne has worked in Neurodiversity in a workplace context for over 15 years. For a significant part of that time, he managed Employment Training for the National Autistic Society. In 2016 Daniel founded Adjust to raise awareness of Neurodiversity in the workplace by providing organisations with clear, positive and practical training and consultancy. The attached brochure provides details of the company's innovative approach.
Since setting up Adjust, he has helped many high profile organisations start their neurodiversity conversation, including the CIPD, EY, Clifford Chance, Farrer and Co, Unilever, Vodafone, Mercedes Benz, the Met Office and the makers of the Channel 4 show The Undateables.
Daniel has been featured in the book The Bigger Picture Book of Amazing Dyslexics and the Jobs They Do.
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Session proposals have closed for the annual SPA conference - Software in Practice, which takes place online from 12-16 July 2021 (
https://www.spaconference.org/). Bookings can be made from
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Meetings Schedule
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Forthcoming meetings: We're looking for volunteers to present or lead workshops on topics of interest to software practitioners. Please come forward with suggestions!
7 July 2021: SPA-356 - Kevlin Henney (topic tbd)
4 Aug 2021: SPA-357 (topic and speaker tbd)
1 Sept 2021: SPA-358 presentation and demonstration to accompany the launch of the secure OWASP Application Gateway