To join the Neurodivergent Faculty & Staff of Bellevue College:
- Identify as Neurodivergent
- Read and agree to Affinity Groups Protocol
- Email us to let us know you’d like to join! Email sara.gardner@bellevuecollege.edu
Neurodiversity Definition
Neurodiversity Infinity Symbol
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Goals (these are a work in progress!)
- Bring awareness and visibility
- Develop a campus-wide mindset of access versus accommodation (example: captioning across all venues)
- Think critically about how to make spaces accessible to everyone
- Create communication norms that include everyone
- Lift neurodivergent voices, including undiagnosed faculty, staff, students; and include them in planning and committees
- Address “othering” and ableism
- Listen to everyone and not only the “socially capable” or “culturally appropriate”
- Include Neurodiversity in Intersectionality
- Build connections across campus and become level partners
Our Mission
The Neurodiverse Faculty and Staff of Bellevue College affinity group aims to increase the presence of neurodivergent staff and faculty at Bellevue College, and by doing so, support our student body in embracing their own neurodiversity.