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Bitesize

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Hidden disabilities, long-term conditions and neurodiversity.

Level
Bitesize
Learning time
1 hour 30 minutes
Where
Equalities and Diversity
Price
£39

When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Read the full terms

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About this course

Overview and Outcomes.

Overview

Many colleagues live with conditions you cannot see. This module covers when long-term, recurring and treated conditions count as a disability under the Equality Act, mental health conditions, fluctuating conditions from long Covid to endometriosis, and Christine Miserandino's spoon theory. It then looks at disclosure, fair management of disability-related absence including the Griffiths case, and lessons from the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower and the TfL Please offer me a seat badge. Neurodiversity has moved quickly into the mainstream, bringing progress alongside cliché. This module covers the history of the idea in autistic communities, the Job Demands-Resources model of Bakker and Demerouti, the main neurodivergent conditions, and Nancy Doyle's spiky profile as an alternative to deficit and superpower views. It sets out the UK policy picture, including the Buckland Review, and reads hiring programmes at SAP, Microsoft and GCHQ honestly.

What you'll develop

In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:

  1. Explain how the Equality Act definition of disability applies to hidden, recurring, treated and fluctuating conditions, including mental health conditions.
  2. Plan flexible adjustments for fluctuating conditions and fatigue, and manage disability-related absence fairly, including considering adjustments to trigger points.
  3. Create conditions in which disclosure feels safe, handling health information confidentially and lowering the cost of asking for an adjustment.
  4. Distinguish neurodiversity from neurodivergent and compare the deficit, superpower and spiky profile framings of neurodivergence.
  5. Apply the Job Demands-Resources model to reduce demands and add resources for neurodivergent colleagues in daily work and management.
  6. Redesign recruitment so that it tests what the job requires, drawing honestly on the SAP, Microsoft and GCHQ hiring programmes.
What it covers

The Modules.

1 hour 30 minutes of learning.

  1. 12Hidden Disabilities and Long-term ConditionsMany colleagues live with conditions you cannot see. This module covers when long-term, recurring and treated conditions count as a disability under the Equality Act, mental health conditions, fluctuating conditions from long Covid to endometriosis, and Christine Miserandino's spoon theory. It then looks at disclosure, fair management of disability-related absence including the Griffiths case, and lessons from the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower and the TfL Please offer me a seat badge.39 min
  2. 13Neurodiversity at WorkNeurodiversity has moved quickly into the mainstream, bringing progress alongside cliché. This module covers the history of the idea in autistic communities, the Job Demands-Resources model of Bakker and Demerouti, the main neurodivergent conditions, and Nancy Doyle's spiky profile as an alternative to deficit and superpower views. It sets out the UK policy picture, including the Buckland Review, and reads hiring programmes at SAP, Microsoft and GCHQ honestly.42 min
Where it fits

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Part of the Equalities and Diversity topic, also sold whole as Everyone belongs.

How credit works

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  1. You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 30 minutes, £39
  2. Next stepFocus, Inclusion in practice, 4 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
  3. Explore, Disability and inclusion, 5 hours 30 minutes, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
  4. The whole topicImmerse, Everyone belongs, 11 hours 30 minutes, £249. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £210.

When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms

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