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Living and working with high function Asperger's syndrome

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Dean was diagnosed with high function Asperger's syndrome 2016, when he was in his early 40s. We spoke to him about how this affects his daily life, the misconceptions about Aspergers and  how managers and colleagues can be more supportive. 

How to be an LGBTQ+ ally all year round

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The LGBTQ+ Flag with silhouettes of people underneath

A lot of our diverse communities have different points in the year where things are celebrated, whether that's faith around a religious holiday, history or reflective months. Whilst that can be used as an opportunity to really show that a senior leader and the senior leadership team are really behind the community – this needs to leak out over the rest of the year.

We spoke to Mike about how to be an LGBTQ+ ally all year round.