University & Healthcare Events

Neurodivergent Inclusion
in University & Healthcare Settings

Healthcare and university environments often operate under pressure, where hidden disabilities, sensory needs and cognitive differences can be overlooked or misunderstood. Jodie delivers lived-experience training that improves communication, reduces stress and supports safer, more inclusive environments for both staff and those they support.

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Talks • Training • Workshops • Clinical team sessions

Why this matters

Clinical and university environments aren’t built for how people actually think

Around one in five patients, students and staff are neurodivergent, yet most environments aren’t designed with sensory, cognitive or communication differences in mind.

The result is misunderstanding, anxiety, delays in care and avoidable pressure on both individuals and teams.

This isn’t about awareness.
It’s about safer, more effective environments.

Improve communication

Between clinical teams, patients and neurodivergent individuals.

Reduce stress & burnout

Support staff working in high-pressure environments.

Strengthen safety

Build trauma-informed practice and psychological safety.

Improve patient experience

Create safer, more compassionate and inclusive care.

Neurodivergent inclusion isn’t “extra training” — it’s fundamental to safe, effective, person-centred care.

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What Jodie delivers for University & Healthcare teams

Jodie provides practical, lived-experience insight that helps universities and healthcare environments reduce hidden barriers, improve communication and create safer, more supportive spaces for both staff and those they support.

Her calm, relatable delivery makes it easier to explore complex and sensitive topics such as neurodivergence, hidden disabilities, sensory needs and high-pressure environments without judgement or discomfort.

Sessions focus on real-world challenges faced in clinical and academic settings, offering simple, actionable strategies that strengthen psychological safety, improve outcomes and support more compassionate, effective care and learning environments.

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Signature sessions

Designed for real clinical and academic environments

Each session is built around practical application, helping healthcare and university teams move beyond awareness into safer, more effective environments.

Trauma-informed communication

Support patients and individuals experiencing sensory overload, anxiety or fatigue.

Neurodiversity in clinical settings

Understand ADHD, autism, masking and cognitive differences in healthcare environments.

High-pressure wellbeing

Reduce burnout and support frontline teams in demanding environments.

Leadership & education workshops

Practical strategies for hospitals, universities and community settings.

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Outcomes

Popular outcomes include

More confident clinical communication
Reduced staff stress and burnout
Better understanding of sensory and cognitive needs
Practical steps to reduce overwhelm and distress
Improved patient experience and care outcomes
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What to expect

Working with Jodie feels different

Calm, relatable delivery
Practical tools leaders can apply immediately
Clear explanations of hidden disabilities
Insight grounded in lived experience
Increased confidence across teams

Jodie creates psychologically safe spaces where teams feel heard, understood and equipped to drive meaningful culture change.

Trusted Across Global Brands & High Performance Environments

Before founding NeuroTalks, Jodie Steele spent over two decades working within high-performance commercial environments across the UK and internationally. Her career spans global brands, major events, and complex stakeholder environments providing first-hand insight into the pressures, expectations, and realities that shape modern workplaces.

This commercial grounding is what makes her work today both credible and practical bridging lived experience with real-world organisational challenges.

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