Workplace Wellbeing: Neurodivergence is a strength — not a deficit 

Similar to how sports coaches work with the strengths of their players, employers have much gain by encouraging neurodivergent people to excel in areas where they have high levels of ability

Jack Phelan in Blackpool, Co Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

VIRGIN’S Richard Branson, Apple’s Steve Jobs, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, and 28-year-old Jack Phelan from Blackpool, Cork, all have something significant in common: They are all neurodivergent.

Branson, Jobs, and Oliver are “brilliant minds who have achieved so much because of their creativity, imaginative thinking, and focus on detail — all of which are traits of neurodivergent people,” Phelan says.