Special Guest - Christine Bélanger
Christine has been an advocate of awareness for neurodiverse people for many years. She brings a wealth of knowledge on Tourette syndrome and many other Neurodivergent related diagnoses to the forefront of what we need to know to help drive a culture change in the workplace. Today she brings her life story to empower us to realize the value in people. External influences play a big part in workplace negativity
- Christine talks about her personal experiences
- Talks about the spectrum of Tourette syndrome
- Claiming the identity of having a Neurodiverse diagnoses
- Challenge of disclosing conditions to employers
- Spectrum Vocal and Motor Tics where mild vs. extreme
- Behavior vs. Symptoms
- Tics often could be characterized as "quarks" when it is underlying symptoms of Tourette's
- People with Tourette's that stay in the "tics closet" due to the mildness of the tics
- Different types of tics
- Extreme tics like coprolalia swearing tics
- How environments create tics
- The toll of ticking all-day and the effects on the body
- Physical tolls from ticking and how it affects performance
- Does someone with Tourette's need accommodations?
- When do you tell a company you have Tourette's?
- Understanding the process of disclosure
- Responsibilities of someone finding out someone has a medical diagnoses
- Protections for people that do disclose
- What you can do and what you cannot do
- Often people with Neurodivergent attributes make them more successful or a better performing employee.
- Getting beyond stigmas to realize the value of the people you have
- Disability support in hiring practices is siloed and unfortunately is lacking the support
- Removing the silos
- Additional needs for equity and higher-level roles or limitations on articulating their experience
- The biggest take-away today
Special Guest Info - Christine Bélanger
Business Development & Optimization
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified Professional
Tourette Advocacy @TickingOutLoud
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgchristine-b%C3%A9langer/
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