Articles written by Jen Watton

Exploring the Intersection of Menopause and Autism

10 Tips for Raising the Volume for Dyslexia Awareness

Dyslexia Awareness Week is a vital opportunity to amplify voices, challenge misconceptions, and celebrate neurodivergent strengths. This year’s theme — Raising the Volume — is a powerful call to action. Our 10-in-10 webinar aims to help individuals and organisations explore what it truly means to raise the volume for dyslexia....

Why Autism Diagnoses Are Rising, and Why It’s Not About Paracetamol

Untangling Workplace Needs Assessments

Supporting Wellbeing for Neurodivergent and Disabled Colleagues

Supporting employee wellbeing at work is good for your people and your organisation. Ensuring you have the right tools and resources in place to promote wellbeing can prevent stress and create great work environments where people can thrive and flourish. For managers, leaders and HR teams, promoting wellbeing is...

Let’s talk Tourette Syndrome

What is Workplace Strategy Coaching?

One question we get asked lots is ‘What is Workplace Strategy Coaching’? In this blog, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know about Workplace Strategy Coaching, including who it’s for, what a session might look like and the importance of Strategy Coaching for creating inclusive and supportive...

What is Dyscalculia?

Happy Neurodiversity Week! This week is all about embracing and celebrating different ways of thinking, learning, and experiencing the world. As part of the celebration, we’re delighted to share this guest blog by Peter Cherry – Chair of the Adults with Dyscalculia Advisory Board for The Dyscalculia Network, shining...

Understanding Endometriosis in the Workplace

Breaking the Silence: Understanding Endometriosis in the Workplace Endometriosis is a chronic and often debilitating condition that affects 10% of women. Endometriosis can also affect transgender men, non-binary individuals, and gender-diverse people who have a uterus. The impact of endometriosis extends far beyond personal health—it influences careers, workplace productivity, and...

Dyslexia – Myths, Challenges and Effective Strategies

Neurodiversity Celebration Week – What is it and how can I get involved?

Neurodiversity Awareness isn’t just for a week – it’s 365 a year but these key awareness weeks (and days)  provide us with a time to shine a spotlight on good practice and foster a sense of community. This blog explores what Neurodiversity Celebration Week is, when it is and...

Infographics – neurodifferences

Neurodiversity and Disability Mini Glossary

neurobox Mentor Program

Diversity and Inclusion Conference – Accelerate your DE&I Strategy

Neurodiversity In Business – Collaborating for Impact

Consultations

Academic Research Partnerships and Projects

We’re proud to be part of an active network of academics and policy researchers working in the field. Discover more about the Academic Research Partnerships and Projects we work with below.

Practical Tips for bringing your whole self to work

A Practical Guide to Stress

Ghoulishly Good Fun: Tips for Making Halloween Inclusive for All

LinkedIn Live – Language around Menopause

LinkedIn Live – Let’s Talk Mental Health in the Workplace for #WorldMentalHealthDay

How to establish an Inclusive recruitment process

In this webinar, Deborah is joined by Jay Harris from The Orpheus Centre. Jay shares their story or how they changed their policies and process to become a more inclusive recruiter. She tells of the mistakes made and the learnings they took. Topics of discussion include: The candidate pipeline...

Guide to stress in the workplace

Mark Woodward explores stress, and how it affects us and provides some practical tips to support us destress. Managing stress in the workplace – https://neurobox.co.uk/managing-stress  

Your guide to building the business case

Self Advocacy Template: Organisations frequently ask us how to encourage disclosure of disabilities and neurodiversity within their workforce. Although there is no ‘quick-win, one size fits all’ answer, one strategy to consider is upskilling employees to advocate for themselves and effectively express their strengths, challenges, and preferences in the...

Self Advocacy Template

Autism and the (Peri)menopause Experience

Dr Deborah Leveroy, shares her exploration of the intersection of menopause and autism, drawing on research and lived experiences. During the webinar, Deborah refers to the following resources which are available for you to download: Self Advocacy Document: Organisations frequently ask us how to encourage disclosure of disabilities and...

30 Tips for an Inclusive Workplace

Dyslexia Awareness Week 2024

The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) estimates that 6.3 million people in the UK, or roughly 10% of the population, have dyslexia. As a result, it’s vitally important dyslexia receives the recognition it deserves. Dyslexia is a specific processing difference characterised by cognitive strengths and abilities in visual-spatial processing, general...

ADHD Awareness Month 2024

ADHD Awareness Month began in 2004 as a single day, and it has since grown into a month of awareness that takes place on an annual basis. Each year, the month has a different theme, and ADHD Awareness Month 2023 had the theme of “Moving Forward with ADHD”. This...

Boosting productivity with Body Doubling

In today’s fast-paced work environment, many individuals, particularly those with neurodifferences such as ADHD, autism, and anxiety disorders, find traditional productivity strategies insufficient. One technique gaining recognition for its effectiveness is body doubling. This simple strategy can significantly enhance focus, productivity, and overall well-being in the workplace. A survey...

D&I Leaders Global Forum 2025 – The Leading Event for Senior Diversity, Equity and Inclusion professionals.

How to Encourage the Conversation – Webinar

Neurodiversity Show 2025 – The Future of Neuroinclusion in the Workplace

Cambridge Business to Business South

Honorary Research Fellowship at Coventry University Medical Centre

We’re delighted to announce that Dr Deborah Leveroy, Head of Research and Consultancy, is now affiliated to Coventry University as an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities.   This fellowship supports Deborah’s contribution to her field in equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) and her...

CareScribe Skills Session – Exploring the Intersection of Menopause and Neurodiversity

This session will dive into the intersection of menopause and neurodiversity.

How to Manage Neurodiverse Employees

neurohub – our new case management system

*Updated January 2025* Since launching in May 2024, over 4,800 employees have used the neurohub and we’re now launching phase 2 for organisations! neurohub is our free-to-use case management system that allows customers to track their workplace adjustment journey. Employees can view all the items we supplied, including assistive...

How Ai Chatbot Tools Help Neurodiverse People

How to Make Your Company More Neurodiverse Aware

If a company wants to bolster innovation, creativity, and productivity, it must understand and embrace neurodiversity in business. While a lot of people feel they understand neurodiversity, there are various neurotypes that they may have never heard of before. For this reason, it’s essential that companies become more neurodiverse...

8 reasons SuperNova Professional supports employees with sight loss

SuperNova Professional is a smarter choice for organisations supporting employees with sight loss: Here’s eight reasons why!    

Nurturing Inclusivity: The Power of Line Manager Neurodiversity Awareness Training

Inclusion isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a key driver of innovation, creativity, and success.

What is the difference between neurodiverse and neurodivergence?

Sensory Readable: Next-Level Text-to-Speech Support

Sensory Readable® for Windows is an innovative software suite that assists with reading and writing providing s real-time spoken feedback of the words under the mouse cursor, making reading more accessible. It is the latest software from Sensory App House Ltd and is the creation of Paul Blenkhorn, Emeritus...

Inspiration 11 is coming

Coming soon…Inspiration 11 Inspiration 11 is nearly here! Coming April 17th 2024, you can expect updates users have specifically asked us for, particularly those regarding the visuals in Inspiration. We caught up with the team at Inspiration to find out more:  

Finding your voice in the workplace

“Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be to be accepted. Belonging, on the other hand, doesn’t require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.” Brene Brown 2023 When individuals feel comfortable expressing themselves authentically in...

Disabled Sport and Community: My Way of Accepting my Disability

Sports can provide a huge positive for all. It can play to the strengths of so many neurodifferences but most importantly it can provide a safe space to grow in confidence. Emily shares with us how Goalball gave her a sense of belonging…but also became much more than that...

Spotlight on: Demet Daynach

As part of our Neurodiversity Celebration Week we’re shining a spotlight on the diverse voices within our community. Hear from different voices as they share their proudest moments, exchange tips and tricks for the workplace and discuss their strengths and challenges! Introducing…

Spotlight on: Danielle Cudjoe-Michalski

As part of our Neurodiversity Celebration Week we’re shining a spotlight on the diverse voices within our community. Hear from different voices as they share their proudest moments, exchange tips and tricks for the workplace and discuss their strengths and challenges! Introducing…

Spotlight on: Zoe-Jane Littlewood

As part of our Neurodiversity Celebration Week we’re shining a spotlight on the diverse voices within our community. Hear from different voices as they share their proudest moments, exchange tips and tricks for the workplace and discuss their strengths and challenges! Introducing…

Spotlight on: Lucy and Tom

As part of our Neurodiversity Celebration Week we’re shining a spotlight on the diverse voices within our community. Hear from different voices as they share their proudest moments, exchange tips and tricks for the workplace and discuss their strengths and challenges! Our next spotlight features two of our wonderful...

Spotlight on: Annie Hitchman

As part of our Neurodiversity Celebration Week we’re shining a spotlight on the diverse voices within our community. Hear from different voices as they share their proudest moments, exchange tips and tricks for the workplace and discuss their strengths and challenges! Introducing…

Spotlight on: Hazel Lim

As part of our Neurodiversity Celebration Week we’re shining a spotlight on the diverse voices within our community. Hear from different voices as they share their proudest moments, exchange tips and tricks for the workplace and discuss their strengths and challenges! Introducing…

Spotlight on: Martin McKay

As part of our Neurodiversity Celebration Week we’re shining a spotlight on the diverse voices within our community. Hear from different voices as they share their proudest moments, exchange tips and tricks for the workplace and discuss their strengths and challenges! Let’s meet our first spotlight…

Orpheus – our Disability Confident Journey

The Disability Confident scheme is a great way to enable neurodivergent employees to find their way in the workplace. Creating inclusive and accessible recruitment and retention policies and practices to help your employees navigate their employee journey, experience fewer barriers, and feel psychologically safe. We were lucky to work...

Spotlight on Zoe Harvey

Meet Zoe Harvey: visually impaired female football coach and Cambridgeshire FAs Disability Ambassador.

Coaching a Neurodiverse Football Team

Autism and ADHD – An Introduction

‘Hey, Dem, what’s it like having Autism and ADHD?’ ‘It’s like being two people. Autism is the shy girl hiding behind the boy-sterious ADHD. And let me tell you, it’s taken years to integrate the two, and the journey has been wild!’

2024 Dyslexia Show

The uncharted territory of grief and sight loss

For those entering into it, grief is a journey into uncharted territory– a spectrum of emotions which can be overwhelming, confusing and at times extremely unpredictable. We tend to think about grief as the feelings you have after the death of a loved one. Yet grief can occur when...

Inspiration: more than mind-mapping

What is Inspiration? Inspiration is a visual thinking tool which boosts creativity, encourages critical thinking and breaks down barriers to planning, communicating and learning; helping users to achieve more in the workplace. Inspiration 10 is a simple but powerful visual thinking tool for creating mind maps, concept maps, graphic...

Ayoa Ultimate for Access to Work

What is Ayoa Ultimate? Ayoa Ultimate with AI is an innovative mind-mapping software that blends brainstorming tools, task management, and collaborative features with cutting-edge artificial intelligence. The platform assists individuals and businesses in their workflow, from generating creative ideas to turning them into action-orientated tasks. Promoting inclusivity in the...

A Practitioner’s View on Supporting Neurodivergent Remote Workers

neurobox recently partnered with Coventry University to research the impact of home working on disabled and/or neurodivergent workers. A summary of the ‘Remote4all’ research can be found here. neurobox and the Remote4All research team (Dr Carlo Tramontano, Dr Christine Grant and Dr Maria Charalampous) organised a webinar, where the...

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader

We are delighted to announce that our Disability Confident Leader status by the Department for Work and Pensions has been renewed.

neurobox sponsors Histon Hornets Inclusive Football team

neurobox is proud to announce our sponsorship of Histon Hornets Inclusive, a local pan-disability football team. At neurobox we’re passionate about giving everyone in the workplace a level playing field by building neuroinclusive workplaces. We also recognise the immense importance of inclusivity in all aspects of life, including sports....

Glean: workplace webinars

Glean: Note-Taking & Transcription for Accessibility

Tips for managing stress

Did you know April is Stress Awareness Month? It’s been held every April since 1992 with the aim to raise awareness about the causes and support available. Stress is one of the most common causes of long-term work absence in the UK and many of us will experience stress,...

We’ve Rebranded: Discover What’s New and How We’ve Improved.

We've changed our name from Dyslexia Box to neurobox. We share with your our rebrand story!

Read&Write helps neurodiverse workforces to thrive

Read&Write is inclusion software that supports people who think, learn and work differently. Wherever there is digital text, we can make it easier to understand for everyone.

C-Pen Reader:Text-to-Speech Reading Tool | Neurobox

The C-Pen Reader arrived at the Dyslexia Box office this morning. It’s a product we’ve been aware of for a while and one which is predominantly thought of as a tool for helping younger learners who struggle with reading. And it is great at that.

Livescribe Echo Smartpen

The Livescribe Echo smartpen has been around for a few years now but as they say “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. The team at neurobox have been using the Echo Smartpen to record important meetings (yes we occasionally have those) over the past few years and we...

OrCam Read – Transform the Way You Read!

OrCam Read Webinar Recording

Thank you to everyone who attended this morning's webinar on the new OrCam Read.