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Accommodations for Neurodiversity in the Workplace

2020

An introduction for supervisors looking to accommodate autistic or neurodiverse employees in the workplace. Over 80% of autistic adults are unemployed or underemployed, this video touches on some strategies for helping them be successful at work.

15:47 min

What’s It Like to See Ideas as Shapes?

Thoughts and feelings are constellations in the mind of a man with a rare form of synesthesia.

Article
Alissa Greenberg
2016
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What Does It Mean to Be Neurodivergent?

Neurodivergence is the term for when someone’s brain processes, learns, and/or behaves differently from what is considered “typical.”

Article
Ariane Resnick
2021
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How to Deal with Sensory Overload as a Sensitive Person

Sometimes it feels like the world wasn’t designed for sensitive people. Here are ways to take care of yourself.

Article
Jenara Nerenberg
2020
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How Getting Hit by Lightning Changed a Woman’s Synesthesia

Head trauma made her see strange colors, even ones that are “not even real.”

Article
Sarah Zhang
2017
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The Beauty of Crossed Brain Wires

Synesthesia makes ordinary life marvelous.

Article
Sidney Perkowitz
2021
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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.

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Joel Salinas
2025
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Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia

A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her fingertips, sense the letter “J” as shimmering magenta or the number “5” as emerald green, hear and taste her husband’s voice as buttery golden brown.

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Richard E. Cytowic, David M. Eagleman
2011
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Synesthesia

An accessible, concise primer on the neurological trait of synesthesia—vividly felt sensory couplings—by a founder of the field.

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Richard E. Cytowic
2018
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Do People with Synethesia Draw Out Expression in the Autistic?

Anecdotal observations from my own dealings.

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Maureen Seaberg
2021
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Synesthesia

It is estimated that approximately 3 to 5 percent of the population has some form of synesthesia and that women are more likely to become synesthetes than men.

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Psychology Today Staff
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