Work
Neurodivergent Upgrade helps you build a sustainable professional life that works with your brain, not against it.
Whether you’re employed, job searching, or navigating workplace challenges, these resources help you recognize what’s actually broken (hint: it’s usually the system, not you) and build the skills to advocate for what you need.
Understanding Your Workplace
These guides help you assess whether you’re in a healthy work environment and what to do if you’re not.
Workplace Ideals
What healthy workplaces actually look like
- Workplace Ideals - Learn to recognize the difference between a workplace with fixable problems and one that’s structurally hostile to accessibility.
What is Respect
Recognizing respect vs. performance of respect
- What is Respect - Understand what genuine respect looks like: active listening, mutually beneficial problem-solving, and anticipating accessibility needs. Learn to identify microaggressions and other barriers to inclusive work environments.
Professional Relationships
Building sustainable workplace connections
- Professional Relationships - Develop and maintain professional relationships without burning out or masking constantly. Navigate disagreements and tensions while balancing your mental health and professional standing.
Self-Advocacy & Protection
Learn to ask for what you need while protecting yourself professionally.
Self-Advocating
Requesting accommodations with dignity
- Self-Advocating - Strategies for requesting supports, navigating neurotypical ignorance, and influencing decision-makers. Includes frameworks like MICE for effective self-advocacy.
Work Accommodations
What to ask for and when
- Work Accommodations - Examples of accommodations to request during hiring and employment, plus how to gauge when it’s safe to disclose.
Disability Leave
Protecting yourself when you need time off
- Disability Leave - Best practices for taking disability leave while protecting your job and professional reputation.
Finding & Getting Work
Practical guides for job searching, networking, and presenting yourself professionally.
Being Unemployed
Supporting yourself between jobs
- Being Unemployed - Strategies for maintaining wellbeing and structure during unemployment, plus preventative measures to avoid common risks.
Resume Tips
Presenting your experience effectively
- Resume Tips - How to frame your experience, explain gaps, and present your skills in ways that work with employer expectations.
Networking
Building professional connections your way
- Networking - Networking strategies that don’t require pretending to be someone you’re not.
Career Planning
Long-term career decisions and how neurodivergence affects them.
Early Career Decisions
Setting yourself up for sustainable success
- Early Career - How to pick a career path, what to do if you graduate during a recession, and understanding how early choices affect long-term signaling to employers.
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