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From Awareness to Embedded Practice

by: Lucy SmithPublished on: 21/05/2026

The last in our five-part series about supporting parents of neurodiverse children at work. Here, we focus on what managers and employers can put into practice today, to support and retain staff.

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Supporting parents of ND children at work- wellbeing initiative or workforce strategy - Copy

by: Lucy SmithPublished on: 21/05/2026

Workforce strategy Supporting parents of neurodivergent children at work isn't a wellbeing perk. It's a workforce sustainability issue employers can't afford to ignore.

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Managers are not Therapists

by: Lucy SmithPublished on: 21/05/2026

When organisations rely on individual manager goodwill rather than systemic support, they create a fragile and inconsistent environment. Some employees are well supported. Others fall through the gaps depending on who they happen to report to.

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Is flexibility enough to support parents of neurodivergent children at work? - Copy

by: Lucy SmithPublished on: 21/05/2026

Flexibility isn't enough Flexible working helps - but it's not enough for parents of neurodivergent children. Learn what proactive, sustainable workplace system design actually looks like.

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Check out some of Lucy's other features

Lucy Smith is the founder of Inclusive Change, she has been talking about neurodiversity for almost a decade now. Find out about why she set up Inclusive Change and what drives her to continue to want to see change in the workplace.

A Journey of Neurodiversity Advocacy and Change

Read Lucy's interview with Golden Valley, where she explains some of the life events that led her to becoming a full time advocate for neurodivergent and disabled people in the workplace.

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Suzy Rosenstein, a master life coach, hosts a podcast called Women in the Middle Entrepreneurs, a podcast where these important conversations about the intersection of being a midlife entrepreneur who's also a woman 50 plus can happen.