How to accelerate inclusion with AI

What if AI could help us get inclusion right?

There’s a lot of noise around AI right now - some of it justified, some of it not so much.

But beyond the hype and concern lies a more practical question: how can AI actually help us build more neuroinclusive environments?

It’s something I’ve been exploring for a while and I’m so excited by the opportunity it presents. AI doesn’t necessarily replace people, but used well it can support them - spotting patterns, enhancing language, and freeing up time for what humans do best.

Today I’m talking about:

• Info: Real ways AI can support neuroinclusion in your organisation

• Tips: How to start using AI as an ally for inclusion

• Recommendations: Two ways we’re using AI at Differing Minds to make this real

From buzzword to building block

Let’s ditch the vague promises and get specific. Here’s what AI can actually do today to support neuroinclusion in workplaces:

• Scan and improve your inclusion policies
  AI tools can review policy documents and flag areas that lack clarity, accessibility, or neuroaffirmative language. It’s like having an extra (very fast) pair of eyes — without replacing the need for lived experience or human judgement.

• Make your internal comms more inclusive
  AI can highlight jargon, adjust tone, and suggest alternative phrasing that’s more respectful and accessible to neurodivergent colleagues. Not to police your language but to prompt reflection.

• Suggest reasonable adjustments
  From quieter workspaces to communication preferences, AI can learn from past adjustments and suggest options people might not have thought of while still keeping individual choice front and centre.

• Transform content into different formats
  Got a slide deck? AI can turn it into a summary email, a voice note, or a set of visual flashcards. It’s about meeting different brains in different ways.

This isn’t about outsourcing inclusion. It’s about making it easier to do better, more often.

But here’s the key: tools don’t make decisions. People do. Which is why we’re not just handing people the tech - we’re helping them use it well.

How we’re doing that at Differing Minds

We’ve been busy exploring how to make the most of AI to support our mission to make everyone and everywhere neuroinclusion - whilst being very mindful of the ethical and bias complexities of our new AI-driven world.

As a result we’ve got two exciting updates.

Firstly, we’ve built AI into this year’s NeuroNavigator® programme (as a supportive sidekick, not the star of the show - just how AI should be!) If you join the programme, you’ll get an AI assistant and weekly prompts to accelerate your neuroinclusion efforts and reduce overwhelm.

Don’t want to use AI? That’s fine too. It’s there if it helps but not a necessity.

Or need to improve your AI skills? We’ve got you covered with a bonus session on AI and neuroinclusion to give you everything you need to use the tools in the programme, and more!

Secondly, we’ve just launched a brand new session as part of our suite of NeuroConfused to NeuroConfident® workshops - Intro to AI & Neuroinclusion. It’s designed to demystify the topic, show what’s possible, and spark ideas without overwhelm.

Both are available now - one via our NeuroNavigator® programme, the other by replying to this email and asking about the workshop.

Tips: AI tools you can try today (and how)

Here are some real-life ways to use AI to support neuroinclusion - plus a few basic prompts to help you get started.

• Struggling to think of helpful adjustments?
  Use ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity to generate ideas tailored to different needs.
  📌 Try this: “Give me 10 examples of reasonable adjustments for an employee with executive functioning challenges. Please ensure suggestions are neuroaffirmative and person-centred.”
  💡 Not sure what “neuroaffirmative” means in practice? We teach a killer prompt formula in our AI and Neuroinclusion Intro session.

• Want to make your neurodiversity policy more inclusive?
  Paste it into ChatGPT and ask for a review.
  📌 Try this: “Please review the following workplace policy and suggest improvements to make it more accessible, inclusive, and affirming for neurodivergent employees.”

• Need to adapt content for different processing styles?
  Use Gamma App to turn slide decks into visual stories, or ElevenLabs to voice AI-generated summaries of reports.
  📌 Try this: “Summarise this presentation as an audio explainer and a bullet-point handout for people who process information differently.”

• Worried your internal emails feel cold or exclusionary?
  Run drafts through ChatGPT or Claude and prompt it to flag language that might be overly formal, vague, or non-inclusive.
  📌 Try this: “Rewrite this message to feel more human, plainspoken, and inclusive of neurodivergent readers.”

Please be aware that these are very basic prompts to give some ideas. Rich, context-filled prompts will produce far better results. We cover all this, and more, in our new workshop. Get in touch for more details.

Recommended Resources

• Read this PWC report
  How GenAI can transform neuroinclusion in the workplace

• Read this article
  Stay informed about ‘A.I.’s Anti-Neurodiversity Problem: How Did It Start, and How Can We Counteract It?’

Final Thought

AI isn’t a shortcut to inclusion. But it can be a bridge between good intentions and everyday action.

The question isn’t whether AI belongs in this conversation. It’s whether we’ll use it with care, creativity, and purpose.

Speak soon,
Jess

PS Whenever you’re ready, here are some ways I can help:

• Join the waitlist for our next NeuroNavigator® programme and become a certified Neurodiversity Champion. Doors open June 2025 for Sept start. Join the over 100 people already on our waitlist in order not to miss out!

• Want me to speak in your organisation? Head here to book a chat and make a plan.

• Book a FREE Discovery call to chat through how I can support your workplace, your school or your family.