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Neurodiversity & neuroinclusion

Move from awareness to practical, sustainable inclusion: leadership capability, whole-organisation learning, individual support and action planning that changes how work is actually designed.

  • Leaders
  • All employees
  • 1:1 support
  • Consultancy & action planning

Our approach

Science-informed content, lived-experience insight, real practice

Neuroinclusion takes more than a single awareness webinar. Our programmes build knowledge and confidence across leadership levels, with practical application rather than awareness alone.

We help teams develop proactive, sustainable inclusion strategies and share what works across the wider organisation.

Sessions combine evidence with lived experience, interactive activities and structured reflection, with time to consider practical changes people can make at work.

Training options

Explore our neuroinclusion training

Learning for colleagues, leaders and people who want to support neuroinclusion at work. We can discuss which programme would be useful for your workplace.

For colleagues at every level

Introduction to Neurodiversity

Build shared understanding, explore different neurotypes and challenge common misconceptions. We tailor the session to your people and workplace.

For leaders and managers

Neurodiversity at Work: Awareness & Action Planning for Leaders

Connect awareness with practical inclusion and action planning, considering how leaders can support different needs and strengths at work.

Our content is developed and reviewed with learning and development professionals, HR experts and neurodiversity specialists. Research and lived-experience insights inform how sessions evolve.

Related learning includes inclusive leadership, unconscious bias and strengths-based leadership, alongside psychological safety, positive mental wellbeing, managing uncertainty and change, and emotional intelligence and agility. We discuss which themes would be useful for your group.

Coming in 2027 | Two-day interactive programme

Neuroinclusion Champion Training

We're excited to be introducing our two-day Neuroinclusion Champion Training in 2027!

Designed for people who want to play an active role in creating more neuroinclusive workplaces, this practical and interactive programme will build the knowledge, confidence and skills to champion neurodiversity and support meaningful organisational change.

Participants will explore neurodivergent experiences, identify barriers to inclusion, develop practical approaches to supporting colleagues and learn how to encourage more inclusive workplace practices.

The programme will also explore the role and boundaries of a Neuroinclusion Champion, with opportunities to reflect, share experiences and develop practical actions to take back into the workplace.

Interested in finding out more? Get in touch to register your interest in our 2027 programme.

Coming in 2027 — not yet available to book.

Register your interest in Neuroinclusion Champion Training

The people behind the work

Experience, care and different perspectives

Portrait of Faridat (Bisayo) Erikitola

Faridat (Bisayo) Erikitola

Associate Consultant & Facilitator

Leadership and L&D, neurodiversity and inclusion, psychological safety, and ADHD coaching-informed practice.

Portrait of Sasha McBean

Sasha McBean

Associate Consultant & Facilitator

EDI and neuroinclusion, psychotherapy-informed workplace wellbeing practice.

Meet the IAP Crew

Ways to work with us

From first conversation to organisation-wide change

Fully tailorable. Most organisations start with one tier and grow into others.

Approx. 90–120 minutes

Introductory awareness

A strong, engaging starting point for teams or whole staff groups — the shared language everything else builds on.

Multi-session

Leadership workshops & programmes

Applied learning for managers and leaders, with action planning and structured follow-up built in.

Organisational

Consultancy & review

Looking at recruitment, role design, communication, meetings, environment, policy and adjustment processes.

Individual

1:1 coaching-style support

Coaching-informed support for neurodivergent colleagues, and for managers supporting them.

Programme

Organisation-wide neuroinclusion

Phased delivery across sites, functions and levels, with follow-up and measurement.

Where relevant

Parents, families & schools

Sessions for family and education audiences where that's part of your community offer.

How programmes typically grow

A realistic journey

Drawn from IAP's long-running neuroinclusion partnership work.

  1. 01

    Conference talk

    An entry point that opens the conversation and gets senior attention.

  2. 02

    Strategic conversation

    Social value and white-paper style work that frames the opportunity.

  3. 03

    Pilot leadership sessions

    Test with a real cohort, gather feedback, refine the content.

  4. 04

    Open learning

    Wider access for employees who want to understand more.

  5. 05

    Leadership programmes

    Deeper capability, with action planning per leader and team.

  6. 06

    Follow-up & broader delivery

    Review what changed, then scale across the organisation.

What changes

Practical outcomes, not just good intentions

  • Managers who know how to have an adjustments conversation without making it awkward or clinical
  • Recruitment and interview processes that assess capability rather than interview performance
  • Meetings, communication and written work designed so more people can process and contribute
  • Sensory, environmental and workload considerations treated as ordinary work design
  • Adjustment processes people can actually navigate — and trust
  • Inclusion connected to retention, wellbeing, psychological safety and performance

Why it connects

Neuroinclusion doesn't sit on its own

When work is designed for different brains, more people can speak up, ask for what they need and stay. That's psychological safety. It reduces chronic strain and masking, which is mental health and psychosocial risk. It changes how leaders lead. And it shows up in retention, engagement and the quality of the work.

From the room

What participants said

Feedback from IAP Neurodiversity & Inclusion at Work sessions in 2024/2025, supplied in our workshop brochure.

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“It was delivered with sensitivity, insight and enthusiasm and was / is very thought provoking”
Nick, Legal Director

Start where you are

Whether that's one awareness session or a multi-year programme, we'll help you work out the most useful next step.