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From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel and this is Hello Monday.

It's our show about the changing nature of work and how that work is changing us.

Today we're talking about neurodiversity. Our guest is Lutmila Presolova.

Lutmila is a psychology professor at Vanguard University. She looks specifically at

making organizations more accessible to everyone, including those of us who are neurodivergent.

And Lutmila, she has a unique perspective on this topic. She has autism. For most of her

professional life, she didn't know this. But then a couple of years ago, something shifted

in her job. She had to drive more and attend more social functions. I've been doing this job for

25 years and like all of the sudden I can't do it. Lutmila had always been uncomfortable with

things that didn't seem to bother a lot of her peers. Loud music, long drives and certain social

gatherings. It was confusing and frustrating and now she wanted answers. I was trying to figure out

what's going on. Why can't I force myself to do those things and just be better at those things.

Lutmila began to research and reach out for help. And in 2020, she was officially diagnosed with

autism. Her lifelong fight for diversity and inclusion became personal. Her diagnosis

showed her just how alienating organizations and workplaces can be for the neurodivergent.

Today we're going to talk about all of it. Here's Lutmila.

The idea of neurodiversity is that different ways of thinking and different ways of knowing

are inherently a part of human diversity. Just like within biodiversity, there are different forms

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