Special Guest - Christine Bélanger
  
 Christine has been an advocate of awareness for neurodiverse people for many years. She brings a wealth of knowledge on Tourette syndrome and many other Neurodivergent related diagnoses to the forefront of what we need to know to help drive a culture change in the workplace.  Today she brings her life story to empower us to realize the value in people. External influences play a big part in workplace negativity

• Christine talks about her personal experiences
• Talks about the spectrum of Tourette syndrome
• Claiming the identity of having a Neurodiverse diagnoses
• Challenge of disclosing conditions to employers
• Spectrum Vocal and Motor Tics where mild vs. extreme
• Behavior vs. Symptoms
• Tics often could be characterized as "quarks" when it is underlying symptoms of Tourette's
• People with Tourette's that stay in the "tics closet" due to the mildness of the tics
• Different types of tics
• Extreme tics like coprolalia swearing tics
• How environments create tics
• The toll of ticking all-day and the effects on the body
• Physical tolls from ticking and how it affects performance
• Does someone with Tourette's need accommodations?
• When do you tell a company you have Tourette's?
• Understanding the process of disclosure
• Responsibilities of someone finding out someone has a medical diagnoses
• Protections for people that do disclose 
• What you can do and what you cannot do
• Often people with Neurodivergent attributes make them more successful or a better performing employee.
• Getting beyond stigmas to realize the value of the people you have 
• Disability support in hiring practices is siloed and unfortunately is lacking the support 
• Removing the silos
• Additional needs for equity and higher-level roles or limitations on articulating their experience
• The biggest take-away today

Special Guest Info - Christine Bélanger
 Business Development & Optimization
 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified Professional
 Tourette Advocacy @TickingOutLoud
 https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgchristine-b%C3%A9langer/
 
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