Five reasons not to do neurodiversity training in 2025
Here’s why you definitely don’t need to do it, according to the worst advice on the internet of 2024.
1) We’re all neurodiverse!
Yes, we are indeed all neurodiverse, as a population. Everyone’s mind is unique - which is wonderful, really, and means we can all just treat everyone as individuals with their own unique set of needs, that organisations will always listen to and definitely respect. Nothing is ever too much for us around here. We respect everyone’s differences and we don’t need labels, because everyone’s got their little quirks. You know, like how Anna in HR forgot she made a coffee the other day and it sat on the kitchen side all day? So hilarious. And you know how Jim in accounts really likes his desk to be tidy? We’re all somewhere on the spectrum, aren’t we?
2) We can’t justify the time for such a small client base
We’ve got targets to meet around here, you know. We can’t justify the non-productive time for such a small proportion of our client base. After all, most neurodivergent people won’t be coming here for mental health support, because they’re too complex for this kind of service, and anyway, we don’t treat that sort of thing here. Shouldn’t they be in specialist services or something? We definitely don’t get many people here who weren’t diagnosed or identified until adulthood, and don’t know why they’ve struggled all their lives with their mental health and standard talking therapies haven’t been effective.
3) Neurodiversity trainers make you do lots of expensive things
Did you even see that autumn budget? Do you think we’re made of money? We can’t possibly do all those expensive things that those neurodiversity trainers tell us we should be doing. You know, like try to adapt the way we communicate with neurodivergent clients or employees, or offer different ways to get in touch with the service. It’s just far too expensive to send an email out with interview questions before we do the interviews, or implement other very simple strategies to support neurodivergent people with accessibility. You’re breaking the bank here!
4) You can get all that on the internet for free!
Why should we pay for someone to come in and spend time with our team and engage them in interactive, immersive learning with their peers through lived and professional experience when you can go on TikTok and get all this for free - and in short 2 minute soundbites, so people can get that in their lunch break and we don’t have to interrupt their productive time. That’s plenty for us to get a few good, highly accurate and evidence based quotes for the accessibility page on our website.
5) You’ve probably got someone in house who can do it for free!
We got Angie in marketing to do our training and it was great. She knows her stuff because her nephew’s best friend is autistic and they once came over to her house for the afternoon. She even went to the shop specially to buy him some Jaffa cakes because he doesn’t like Hob Nobs. She totally gets it. Who needs a neurodivergent professional expert when you’ve got an Angie already in your business for no extra cost?
Have we convinced you you don’t need neurodiversity training in 2025 yet? If we haven’t, then how about checking out our training for organisations?
Neurodivergent trainers with extensive professional experience
Experiential learning
In-person and online options
Can be made bespoke to your team/organisation’s needs
Follow up support available
One-off supervision groups available as well as formal training options
(But you definitely don’t need any of that, of course. Just go on TikTok!)
