Join us for an eye-opening session with Melanie Francis, one of the UK’s leading voices in neurodiversity, as we explore what it really means to be neurodiverse. Melanie will challenge common misconceptions, highlight the richness of different ways of thinking, and explain why understanding neurodiversity matters more than ever—both in our working lives and beyond.

​Melanie will cover:

• ​What neurodiversity is and what it isn't
• ​Neurodiversity traits and conditions
• ​​Why crossover is the rule, not the exception
• ​Why have diagnoses increased?
• ​Why ​i​t's important for us to know ab​out neurodiversity

About Melanie Francis

​M​elanie has been in HR for a LONG time, working across Higher Education, Edtech, Publishing, Telecoms, and non-profits, and ​she is very proud of ​her HR career.​ S​he's led restructures, TUPE transfers, wellbeing strategies, complex employee relations cases, leadership programmes… you name it, ​s​he's probably done it.

A few years ago, life added another layer to ​h​er work. ​S​he became a mum to a brilliant neurodivergent son and saw first-hand how even “fair” workplace processes can leave people behind.

Now,​ she combine​s her HR experience with a passion for neurodiversity​, helping organisations create cultures and processes where everyone can thrive as a key part of ​h​er role as Director of Neurodiversity at Work at Do-IT Solutions - an amazing organisation led by Prof. Amanda Kirby MBBS MRCGP PhD FCGII​, providing neurodiversity tools, training and consultancy.

And this year, ​s​he was recognised as one of HR's Most Influential Practitioners by HR magazine. ​