Neurodiversity in the Workplace

An introductory training session designed to build confidence, understanding, and practical skills for supporting neurodivergent colleagues.

Course Overview:

Neurodiversity in the Workplace is an interactive introductory session designed to build understanding and confidence in supporting neurodivergent colleagues in the workplace.

The training introduces the social model of disability and explores what neurodiversity means in practice, including the range of conditions within the neurodiversity umbrella and common workplace barriers. Participants will gain practical guidance on supporting neurodivergent staff, including understanding reasonable adjustments and creating more inclusive working environments.

Course Outline:

• Introduction to the social model of disability
• What is neurodiversity? What conditions come under the neurodiversity umbrella?
• Supporting neurodivergent staff in the workplace
• Understanding reasonable adjustments
• Interactive online training with exercises, small group discussions, space to ask questions and get things ‘wrong’
• A resource pack following the training session

Suitable For:

This course is suitable for anyone interested in supporting neurodivergent staff at work. Particularly suitable for those with little or no prior knowledge of neurodiversity.

Trainer

Aisling Gallagher (they/them) is a disabled Irish artist, coach and access consultant from Belfast, based in south east London. As an access consultant and trainer, they support organisations to become inclusive workplaces through neurodiversity training, facilitation, and access audits; empowering organisations and individuals to better understand how to work with neurodivergence, rather than against it. Aisling has worked as an employee in several subsidised theatres and sector support organisations; they’ve also worked across commercial and subsidised theatre as a director and assistant, and served a term as Vice-Chair of Equity’s Directors & Designers Committee.

Dates & Times

Tuesday 8 September 2026 - 10am - 1pm.

Tickets

This is an online-only course.

Breaks will be provided.

EARLYBIRD - UK Theatre & SOLT Members can book this discounted rate until six weeks after the course goes on sale, or until the earlybird tickets are sold out*.

If you would like to pay by invoice, please contact members@soltukt.co.uk.

*SOLT & UK Theatre reserve the right to close Earlybird bookings early depending on capacity and demand

Refunds and Cancellations

You can cancel up until 10 working days prior to the course, and receive a full refund (not including Eventbrite Fees, which are non-refundable). Any cancellations after this will not be refunded, but tickets can be transferred to a future course up to one year later.

View our full event Terms & Conditions here.

Accessibility Information

This course will be held entirely online, via Zoom.

• Attendees will be asked to tell us about any access requirements at the time of booking.
• Attendees who require a Carer or Personal Assistant to accompany them on the course can book a free Carer ticket by emailing members@soltukt.co.uk.
• Regular breaks will be scheduled throughout the day.

Please email members@soltukt.co.uk if you have any access requirements, or if you have any questions at all.