I wanted a rebel mentor, or at the very least, a rebel role model. All jokes aside, where all the rebel mental health and learning disability colleagues who could be so helpful? And with its introduction comes a big opening for rebel employees to be recognized in a positive way for being different. She says her boss sort of understands her mental health off-days and says that she can trust her—to a point. To be truly effective, your company needs to approach the issue at two different levels: While HR learns the ins and outs of hiring a neurodiverse workforce, there are plenty of neurodiverse people (who may also have mental health issues) sitting down the hall.

Source: Forbes May 08, 2019 21:30 UTC