Building Inclusive Workplaces: Allyship for Disability and Neurodiversity
Tash Koster-Thomas
Book a demo →from €2,250 for your whole company
Book a demo →from €2,250 for your whole company
Tash Koster-Thomas (she/her) is an Inclusion and Diversity Consultant, presenter, speaker, and LGBTQ+ Activist who stands at the forefront of transformative conversations. Leveraging her identity and lived experience as a Black queer woman, Tash champions the cause of diversity and inclusion in both society and the workplace. Tash understands that embracing diversity is not only a moral imperative but also a strategic advantage. She is committed to guiding organizations through transformative journeys that go beyond compliance, fostering cultures that champion diversity, equity, and inclusion at every level.
All sessions by Tash →This session is designed to empower participants with the knowledge and tools to become effective allies for colleagues with disabilities and are neurodiverse in the workplace. Being an ally means actively creating a supportive, accessible, and equitable environment where all employees can succeed.
We will explore practical strategies that make a meaningful difference, from rethinking communication and accessibility to challenging biases and fostering a culture of inclusivity.
During the expert session, Tash Koster-Thomas engages the audience through interactive exercises using the Mentimeter app, Q&A sessions, and live demonstrations.
Understanding that neurodivergent individuals possess a wide range of skills and interests beyond their conditions is crucial for creating inclusive workplaces.
Debunking the myth that accommodations for employees with disabilities are costly and promoting normalization of these practices in the workplace.
Acknowledging the challenges preventing individuals from asking for support, such as lack of information and stigma, and implementing strategies to reduce these barriers through communication, clear accessibility, and psychological safety in the workplace.
In this expert session, Tash Koster-Thomas, an equity diversity and inclusion consultant, discusses the importance of allyship for disability and neurodiversity. Tash begins by setting up a respectful and inclusive learning environment.
Tash shares her passion for fostering inclusivity, emphasizing the significance of creating a culture that values differences and promotes open dialogue around disability and neurodiversity. She defines an ally as someone who advocates for the equality of marginalized groups they are not part of, encouraging everyone to embrace inter-allyship.
Tash explores the barriers to allyship, including common misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding disabilities and neurodivergence. She highlights that everyone can be an active ally for various identities.
Tash then focuses on building alliances in workplaces, discussing the importance of recognizing and appreciating the diverse skills and strengths of individuals with disabilities and neurodivergent conditions.
Throughout the session, participants engage in activities to explore myths about accommodations, communication preferences, and workplace barriers preventing individuals from seeking support. Tash addresses these misconceptions and highlights practical solutions to reduce these barriers, such as clear communication, normalizing mistakes, advocacy, and psychological safety.
The session also covers the importance of being mindful of language and assumptions when creating inclusive workplaces for individuals with disabilities and neurodiversity. Tash shares her personal experiences and encourages active listening, empathy, and collaboration to create a more equitable environment.
From the survey every participant gets when the session ends, in their own words.
A lot of the Allyship and I take it with me. Thanks a lot.
Thank you for the new insights
A lot, the data provided was very interesting. You could also see that as she was impacted by the topic and was clear and concerned
It was vey interesting
It is interactive, and the block above says exactly how for this session. Nobody has to speak up who does not want to: the chat and the polls carry most of it, and the questions can come in anonymously.
This session is designed to empower participants with the knowledge and tools to become effective allies for colleagues with disabilities and are neurodiverse in the workplace. Being an ally means actively creating a supportive, accessible, and equitable environment where all employees can succeed. It is built for a general working audience: no prior knowledge is assumed, and people who already know the subject get the research and the practical side rather than an introduction.
Tash Koster-Thomas is one of the experts we auditioned ourselves, and we produce every session so we see how each one lands. Participants rate this session 4.5 out of 5, across 193 responses, and rate Tash personally 4.8 out of 5.
It runs 45 min / 15 min: the talk, then live questions. All you do is pick a date. We brief Tash, produce the session, host and moderate it, run the Q&A, and send you the report within an hour of the end.
A team, a department, an employee network or every single employee at once, with no cap and no per-seat price. It runs inside your own Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, or on a branded page we build. No integration, no login, no company device or e-mail.
The session is delivered in English. You can add high accuracy live subtitles in 8, 16 or 24 languages, so everyone follows in their own. That is a paid option, priced by the number of languages you need.
No, and that is by design. There is nothing to install, nothing to integrate and no connection to your systems, so there is nothing for IT to validate: we join your own Teams, Zoom or Meet as a guest speaker, or we host a page and your people open a link. No software, no accounts, and no data of yours that we can reach. It is why hundreds of companies, among them some of the largest technology and financial firms in the world, were able to start within a day.
We never receive or hold personal data about your employees. Because the session runs in your own environment, attendance and identity stay with you, and what we report back is aggregated: numbers, ratings and survey answers, not people. That is also why IT approval usually takes minutes rather than weeks.
You keep the recording and can share it internally. You also get attendance over time, participant ratings for the content and the speaker, the survey answers, and the topics your people asked for next.
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