Bringing Birmingham to You: Beautiful Brains - building neurodiverse futures

Join us online to discover how neurodiversity is reshaping the future of work, education, and leadership.

• Learn how neurodiversity transforms workplace culture, boosts resilience, and empowers inclusive leadership.
• Explore how widening access to education and the workforce helps address social inequalities.
• Understand the vital role of supports, friends, family and employers, in empowering neurodivergent people.
• Hear how Birmingham researchers are informing national policy at government level.

Neurodiverse teams are about 30% more productive when they have the right support but 50% of neurodivergent staff are considering leaving their employer due to lack of support.

Meet our panel:

• Professor Karen Guldberg, Head of the School of Education and Professor in Autism Studies. Her research focuses on inclusive practice in education and provision, with a special emphasis on autism studies.
• Professor Laura Crane, Director of the Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER). A leading authority on participatory autism research. Her work makes a genuine and meaningful difference to autistic people and those who support them.
• Iveta Pudilova, Co-founder of National Neurodiversity Training. After discovering her own neurodivergence, Iveta launched Happy Autistic Lady with her sister Vera. They then transitioned to delivering neurodiversity training to employers including tech firms, universities, and local government.

Ask questions of our panel at the event or submit them in advance to alumnievents@contacts.bham.ac.uk