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What an absolute pleasure to Chair our annual Salvesen Lecture last night at The University of Edinburgh Nucleus Building. This series always seeks to bring together the science and practice of neurodiversity, with colleagues from Mindroom and the Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre collaborating closely to make it happen. This year was the brilliant Lotta Borg Skoglund who’s work on #ADHD in Women and Girls is remarkable. She spoke passionately about how misunderstood and under-diagnosed women and girls can often struggle, mask and burnout amongst other things. It’s a tragic waste as one audience member powerfully shared. We know far too little about menstrual cycles and female hormones as they relate to neurodiversity but thanks to Lotta and others this field is developing and becoming better understood. None of the evening would have been possible without Sophie Dow, Sue Fletcher-Watson, Sue Davidson and team. Kind thanks are also due to Alastair Salvesen for his unstinting commitment to both Centres and our Board team including Edward Troughton, Judy Wagner and many more. Here’s the link to the Lecture if you missed it - please feel free to share far and wide: https://lnkd.in/ec7yGP4R A

We’re so pleased to have Lotta Borg Skoglund in town next month. A firm friend of Mindroom and a leading voice on all things Neurodiversity in women and girls. Join us!

We Mindroom were delighted to get together with Thorntons Law LLP colleagues across the country to chat about all things neurodiversity last week. Special thanks to Dr Susan Hetrick and Fiona Stewart for making it possible 👌

Sophie Dow, Lotta Borg Skoglund and I Mindroom really enjoyed our webinar session with the team at BNY led by Alan Flanagan earlier. Their “Heart” EBRG did a deep dive into the under diagnosis of #neurodiversity and we were fortunate to hear from colleagues with lived experience including to explore this topic and how it relates to parents and carers, LGBTQIA+ and more. Our kind thanks to the whole team involved for putting this on the agenda!

Mindroom fully endorses the campaign to call for real action on human rights in Scotland.

Last week, our second ED&I Masterclass webinar on Neurodiversity at Work engaged our colleagues across the firm to learn more about this important topic. Sophie Dow and Alan Thornburrow joined us from Salvesen Mindroom and shared their expertise as to why understanding neurodiversity is crucial for our personal lives as well as in the workplace. The session was compelling, enlightening and inspiring. We learned about the strategies and practices which can help foster a more inclusive workplace for all.   As Sophie says, 'We are all only human beings and it's important to remember that.'   Our key takeaways: - Understand that we are all unique as individuals - Appreciate those differences - Play people to their strengths - It takes all kinds of minds to build a healthy workplace culture    Thank you Sophie, Alan, and Salvesen Mindroom. Learn more about the fantastic work they do here - https://www.mindroom.org/    #Inclusion #Diversity #Equity #Neurodiversity #ThorntonsLaw

That’s right - we have failed the girls/women! Lotta Borg Skoglund- a leading expert on the subject- will be giving this years prestigious Salvesen Lecture on 30th Oct- a collaboration between Salvesen Mindroom and Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre at Edinburgh University. It’s free and open to all. Whether you attend in person or online. Check the QR code - and sign on. #salvesenmindroom #salvesenmindroomresearchcentre #lottaborgskoglund

So, we did a thing… https://www.mindroom.org/ Welcome to our new website which serves #neurodivergent children, young people and their families and seeks to inform and educate employers and more on what #neurodiversity is and isn’t and why you should care. Let us know what’s missing, what you’d like more or less of and…please do tell your friends! There’s some great resources up already and many more to add. Pamela Badham (nee Wils) MCIPR, Cristina Artico, Katie Easton, Edward Troughton, Judy Wagner, Adrian Astley Jones, Kirsty Lynagh, Harry Parker, Sophie Dow, Aileen Shrimpton, Mindroom

🌟 Join Our Team at Mindroom! 🌟 Mindroom is a charity that champions all forms of neurodiversity and supports all kinds of minds. Our mission is to be a leading centre for change in how we live, work and learn. We achieve this through support, education, advocacy, and research. We’re excited to announce an opportunity to become an essential part of our team as an Enquiries Administrator. In this role, you'll be the first point of contact for children, young people, parents, carers, and professionals who contact Mindroom. Your empathy, friendliness, and efficiency will ensure that everyone who connects with us feels supported and valued. Although we’re based in Edinburgh, this role covers the whole of Scotland. You’ll primarily work from home, occasionally visiting our Edinburgh office. This part-time position offers 10 hours per week on a fixed-term contract for two years. For further information, please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/e4it4UMf

Our much awaited Burness Paull LLP webinar series with Mindroom on neuroinclusion at work. Sign up here.