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20% of the workforce is estimated to be neurodivergent, 3% are autistic, but in certain industries, the proportion is much higher. Whatever your business, you are likely to come across neurodivergent employees and customers.

A lot of existing programmes are ineffective because they are designed based on non-autistic functioning, and fail to address key barriers in ways that work for autistic employees. Our programme is effective because it is run by our neurodiverse team with extensive experience in business. ·

We provide TRAINING for managers and staff:

Training followed by 1:1 mentoring for line managers to achieve confidence in supporting autistic/ADHD employees
Staff Neurodiversity at Work training
Understanding autism in the work context
Bespoke training.

We provide training for neurodivergent individuals

We also provide our Pathway EMPLOYEE LEARNING AND WELLBEING PROGRAMME for autistic/ADHD employees, supporting self-knowledge, coping strategies, confidence, and significantly better wellbeing. Pathway is an award-winning programme developed by leading autism researchers in co-production with hundreds of autistic people.

We also privide training and support for neurodivergent employees.

Employee PEER SUPPORT GROUPS

Consulting and assessment services

Contact us at: toolup@ndsa.uk

“This has been by far the most useful as, with my mentor being autistic, he totally understands the world I live in and the challenges I face. He is where I want to be and is best positioned on advising me how to navigate the scary world of how to be an effective adult and have a lasting, fulfilling career”.

Training for managers and staff

Neurodivergent people have valuable strengths in innovation, creativity and problem solving, are reliable and highly productive with the right support. They add to the organisational skillset and thought diversity that improves competitiveness and reduces risk.

However line managers report feeling unsupported and lacking confidence in managing neurodivergent employees. We provide line management training.

Understanding autism in context – training for line managers, 3.5 hours online or face to face followed by reverse mentoring and support to managers managing autistic/ADHD individuals;
Training for your company’s internal mentors and support them throughout into their mentoring role;
Neurodiversity at work awareness training for employees – 1.5 hours online or face to face.

Create inclusive workplaces where neurodivergent staff can thrive.

We support employers in taking confident, practical steps towards recruitment, retention, and support of autistic and neurodivergent employees.

“Brilliantly insightful presentation. I have learnt a lot I can take into my practice.”
“I particularly enjoyed hearing your personal stories and experiences. Lots of
knowledge and methods I can apply in my work.”
“I was very impressed with the quality and depth.”

Training for neurodivergent individuals

This empowering training is designed to:

✔ Build agency, confidence, and self-advocacy

✔ Improve communication and self-understanding

✔ Support emotional regulation and workplace coping strategies

✔ Foster peer connection and shared experience.

What participants say:

“The last 6 weeks have been brilliant. I’ve learned so much about autism and about myself.”
“These sessions have been empowering and positive. I’ve been excelling at work over the last 4 months—this course has a lot to do with that.”
“It’s a relief to realise ‘it’s not just me.’ The course helped lift guilt and shame and replaced it with confidence and clarity.”

Why Choose Us?

✅ Delivered by neurodivergent professionals

✅Based on lived experience and evidence-based practice

✅Inclusive, respectful, and tailored to your needs

Pathway employee wellbeing programme

Pathway is a mentoring programmes for autistic/ADHD individuals by our own mentors that include wellbeing, coping skills course, and a support group.

The programme is proven to deliver

Significantly better wellbeing, moving from ‘distressed’ to ‘normal’ range measured via internationnaly validated methodology
Significantly higher confidence
Significantly better coping skills helping to self regulate and maintain productivity.

The programme involves 1) 20 sessions of 1:1 mentoring by trained neurodivergent mentor. Mentors enjoy ongoing supervision and guidance by more experienced mentors; 2) a series of thematic webinars by leading neurodivergent practitioners curated to develop self-regulation, coping skills and confidence and positive identity essential for wellbeing; 3) an online support group of neuridivergent mentees.

“The programme content has been so great, and it really feels like an amazing space because (a) everyone understands (and I’d gone my whole life thinking no one could understand me), (b) I was *so* inspired, right from the start, by [NDSA] for setting it all up (seeing what amazing autistic individuals on a forum can do working together dispelled any feelings I was useless or broken or ineffective – we can be powerful), but ALSO by the other people in the group – I identified with them, saw how they were ND and really liked them for it (I could NEVER like myself before I knew I was ND) – just the first information session was a great start for a positive autistic ID! NDSA has made such an amazing difference to my life in such a short time. I really mean it. The discussions are so good too – there’s a real hive mind thing going on. People saying things you thought were only ever in your head.”
A Pathway mentee

Consultancy

Workplace assessments for reasonable adjustments,
Consulting on recruitment and retention practices.

Our flexible person centred one to one support works in the long term because it is designed by neurodivergent people.

For autistic people we run an information site and peer support forum, and a Tool Up mentoring into employment programme helping autistic people into sustainable careers.

A lot of existing programmes intended to help neurodivergent people in employment are infective because they are designed based on a neurotypical functioning and fail to address key barriers in ways that works for neurodivergent employees. Our programme is effective because it is designed by leading academics with extensive input from neurodivergent people and run by a team with extensive experience in business. We provide neurodiversity training, employee mentoring and inhouse mentor training.

We offer a unique solution that unlocks the full potential of neurodivergent people.

About neurodiversity

Neurodiversity at work is a strand of organizational diversity that currently attracts well deserved attention. Put simply neurodiversity provides a competitive advantage in innovation and adaptability to the changing world and reduces risk. Neurodiversity encompasses neurological differences such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Autism Spectrum Conditions. It’s main tenet is that neurological diversity is an internal part of the diversity of human talent and should be protected and promoted. Neurodivergent people have brains that are wired differently and as the result they literally think differently, approach issues from a different perspective and with different emphasis resulting in innovative, creative solutions to complex problem, understanding of hidden trends and patterns that lead to new and improved processes, products and services.

20% of the workforce are estimated to be neurodivergent. 3% of people are autistic but in certain industries it is much higher. Whatever your business you are likely to come across neurodivergent employees and customers.

Neurodivergent people have valuable strengths and skills in innovation, creativity and problem solving, are reliable and highly productive with the right support. Adding autistic and otherwise neurodivergent people to the team reduces risk and improves competitiveness.

Autism training

Our training is designed to support employers taking steps towards employing or accommodating autistic people. The training covers a range of issues associated with autism including latest research, incorporating the perspective of lived experience.

If your organisation is recruiting or already employs autistic people, our training will help you to gain understanding of autism and become confident in dealing with a range of issues.

Consulting services

We conduct enviromental audits, workplace assessment, training adaptation, reasonable adjustments.