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 workplace.

A self-advocacy document serves as a tool to assist employees in recognising and communicating their strengths, challenges, strategies they employ, and the support they require at work. This resource can be utilised in various ways: employees can use it independently or facilitated by a line manager or workplace coach.

We’ve created a FREE template which you can use, with guidelines and an example.

Download Self Advocacy Document

If you’re looking to support neurodivergent (ND) talent in your workplace, you’ll need a budget to implement neuroinclusion initiatives, training, and programmes. We’ve put together a template to help you and your team to make the business case for neuroinclusion.

Our template consists of four parts and is designed to help you structure your argument. It consists of the following:

1. 1. Why does neuroinclusion matter in your organisation?
   2. What factors are driving the case for neuro-inclusion in your organisation?
   3. What is the cost to your organisation of doing nothing?
   4. How does the case for neuro-inclusion link to your company’s overall vision and broader D&I strategy

We’ve included question prompts to help you gather relevant information and enable you to build your case.

To create a rounded and persuasive case, we suggest using facts, figures, anecdotes, and case studies of employees.

You can also view our ‘7 benefits for your organisation’ webpage for examples of previous research, including facts and figures.