VIDEO

FindCenter AddIcon

The Gentle Power of Highly Sensitive People | Elena Herdieckerhoff | TEDxIHEParis

2016

Elena Herdieckerhoff explains why we need to change the prevalent cultural narrative around highly sensitive people.

15:54 min

3 Ways to Embrace Neurodiversity in the Workplace

In a work world dominated by automation, digitalization, and increasing incivility, the need for one group of workers, those whom I call “sensitive strivers,” has never been greater.

FindCenter AddIcon

The Mirror-Touch Synesthetes Who Can Literally Feel Your Pain

People with the unique neurological condition aren't just sensitive to the emotions and physical sensations of others—they feel them like it's their own.

FindCenter AddIcon

Identity and Neurodiversity

Conceptions of identities are complex. We have a number of identities that manifest themselves in different environments or as composite forms of background experience. So, do neurodiverse conditions like autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and bipolar really comprise a part of a person’s identity?

FindCenter AddIcon

How Talented People with Asperger’s Are Locked Out of the Career System

Businesses that find out more about about the characteristics of those on the autistic spectrum can optimise their strengths and help them to contribute hugely to the output of their teams.

FindCenter AddIcon

Autism Equality in the Workplace: Removing Barriers and Challenging Discrimination

Neurodiversity in the workplace can be a gift. Yet only 15% of adults with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) are in full-time employment. This book examines how the working environment can embrace autistic people in a positive way.

FindCenter AddIcon

Neurodiversity and Entrepreneurship: Onyinye Udokporo Shows Us Where the Creative Flair Starts

There are legions of small and medium enterprises (SME) run by disabled and neurominority creatives and innovators, surviving, adapting and thriving in our modern economy.

FindCenter AddIcon

‘We Can Literally Feel Our Patients’ Pain’: From a Neuroscientist to a Massage Therapist, We Speak to Some of the Rare Few Healthcare Professionals with ‘Mirror-Touch Synesthesia’

Mirror-touch synesthesia is a rare neurological trait that makes people highly empathic, allowing them to feel what others do by looking at or touching them.

FindCenter AddIcon

Mirror Touch: A Memoir of Synesthesia and the Secret Life of the Brain

In this “rich, fascinating portrait of extraordinary sensory awareness” (Kirkus), acclaimed neurologist Joel Salinas, M.D.

FindCenter AddIcon

Do People with Synethesia Draw Out Expression in the Autistic?

Anecdotal observations from my own dealings.

FindCenter AddIcon

5 Personal and Business Challenges that Strike Entrepreneurs

The life of an entrepreneur isn’t necessarily easy. As the pop-culture phrase has it: “The struggle is real.”

FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Highly Sensitive People