Want to strengthen your approach even further? Pair this with our Performance Management for Neurodiverse Workplaces course
Learn how to confidently identify, assess, and implement reasonable workplace adjustments that enable neurodivergent employees to perform at their best. This session equips HR professionals and managers with practical strategies to remove barriers, support performance, and foster sustainable, neuroinclusive workplace practices.
HR professionals and managers play a key role in creating inclusive, high-performing workplaces. In this interactive two-hour online session, participants will:
Build practical capability to understand neurodiversity in the workplace
Apply legal and organisational requirements
Assess and respond to adjustment requests
Embed inclusive practices that balance individual, team, and business needs
The session focuses primarily on office-based and knowledge-work environments, with examples and principles that are broadly transferable to other workplace settings. Participants will leave with practical tools and reference resources to immediately support their teams and embed neuroinclusive practices in the workplace.
Explain neurodiversity using a strengths-based lens, including an overview of autism (ASD) and ADHD in the workplace.
Identify common workplace barriers experienced by neurodivergent employees and distinguish between individual and system-level barriers.
Describe what constitutes a reasonable adjustment under Australian legislation and apply this understanding in workplace contexts.
Assess and respond to workplace adjustment requests with confidence, balancing individual needs, team impact, and business requirements.
Clarify the respective roles of managers and HR in enabling, implementing, and reviewing workplace adjustments.
Evaluate the effectiveness of workplace adjustments over time and recognise when it may be appropriate to decline or modify a request.
Participants will receive a set of practical tools and trusted reference resources to support immediate and ongoing implementation of workplace adjustments.
Participants receive
Reference resources
This session will be facilitated by David Smith, Co-Founder and Director of Employ for Ability, an Australian organisation specialising in neurodiversity-affirming training, coaching, and workplace capability development.
A qualified Developmental Educator, David brings extensive experience supporting neurodivergent individuals and advising managers and HR professionals on practical, strengths-based approaches to workplace adjustments and inclusion. Employ for Ability’s facilitation team also includes practitioners with backgrounds in developmental education, education and workplace training, alongside lived experience of neurodivergence.
Delivery mode
Facilitator-Led (online)
Learner effort
1 x 2-hour session
Member course fees
$400 inc. GST
Non-member course fees
$480 inc. GST
Member CPD points
2
Online
Perfect for learners who value structure and interaction, facilitator-led courses provide hands-on learning in an engaging, collaborative environment. Guided by experienced HR practitioners, you’ll join live online workshops where you can ask questions, share ideas and build connections with peers while developing practical HR skills.
Course Overview - Reasonable Adjustments for Neurodiversity Learn how to confidently identify, assess, and implement reasonable workplace adjustments that enable neurodivergent employees to perform at their best. This session equips HR […]
Course Overview - Reasonable Adjustments for Neurodiversity Learn how to confidently identify, assess, and implement reasonable workplace adjustments that enable neurodivergent employees to perform at their best. This session equips HR […]
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