{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"NeuroSpicy At Work ","title":"Adaptive Learning, Psychological Safety & What Inclusion Really Means — Angela Prentner-Smith","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3169,"description":"NOTE: This episode's video is out of sync despite our better efforts but we chose to feature its content as the discussion is important and the message too valuable to waste.Most companies talk about inclusion. Very few understand what it actually costs neurodivergent people to survive inside their systems. This episode makes that visible. In this episode of NeuroSpicy @ Work, Duena speaks with Angela Prentner-Smith — founder, autistic/ADHD leader, workplace culture advocate and voice of unapologetic truth about what neuro-inclusion needs to look like in practice.Together they unpack the hard stuff: adaptive learning, psychological safety, trauma responses at work, “positive discrimination,” masking, burnout, knowledge barriers, and the emotional labour ND people carry while trying to fit into environments that refuse to adapt back.Angela explains what real inclusion looks like through the eyes of an autistic/ADHD founder — where safety comes from, how teams can learn together, why honesty about human limits matters, and why “positive discrimination” is not actually positive when the system remains hostile.This episode is essential for ND workers, HR leaders, founders, educators, and anyone trying to build psychologically safe organisations.KEY THEMESautism, ADHD, neurodiversity, psychological safety, trauma response, adaptive learning, burnout, masking, inclusion, positive discrimination, ND leadership, workplace culture, human debt, neurodivergent founderAdaptive learning & neurodivergent ways of processingPsychological safety: what ND people need vs what organisations think they need“Positive discrimination” and why it often backfiresTrauma responses in the workplaceMasking, burnout & the cost of constant self-suppressionThe difference between fitting in and being includedLeadership, honesty, and designing human-centred teamsRESOURCESPodcast homepage: https://neurospicyatwork.com NeuroSpicy Assessment: https://amineurospicy.com About Duena’s research & books:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/XTm0p0hcsKitmGI5yjNZUArF9txT-cFUE343ls3rq8A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jZWE0/ZDQ1NmFiZTUzZmMx/ODVkYTBjNzVlMmUy/YWU5NC53ZWJw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}