The Neuro NEDs Charter for Neuroinclusive Performance

Moving from awareness to action.

A practical commitment to better work, stronger performance and fairer opportunity. Easy to join. Clear about what it means. Strong enough to matter.

Signing is a commitment to act, learn and review progress. It is not an accreditation or a claim of perfection.

Join the Charter → See the five commitments

The Commitment

Five commitments. One senior sponsor.
One practical action. One annual review.

The Charter gives organisations an accessible way to begin or strengthen their approach to neuroinclusion. Every organisation starts from a different place. Every signatory commits to turn good intent into visible, accountable action, applied proportionately to its size, context, workforce and responsibilities.

Listen and create psychological safety

We will listen to neurodivergent people, involve them in relevant decisions and work towards conditions where people can discuss barriers, request support and contribute without unnecessary fear of judgement or disadvantage.

Remove avoidable barriers

We will consider neuroinclusion across recruitment, communication, work design, working environments, performance, development and progression.

Make support easier to access

We will use inclusive practices wherever possible and provide appropriate individual support and reasonable adjustments without creating unnecessary barriers to requesting help.

Equip managers to act

We will help managers set clear expectations, communicate effectively, hold useful conversations, implement agreed support and seek advice when an issue falls outside their role.

Lead, measure and improve

We will assign senior responsibility, select practical priorities, review relevant evidence and report on progress over time.

The minimum effective standard - an active signatory has

Five accepted commitments

One named senior sponsor

One practical action

One annual review

How The Charter Works

Simple to join. Meaningful to keep.

Joining should be simple. Keeping the commitment meaningful requires one small activation step and one light annual review. The Charter does not require every request to be approved or every difficulty to be removed. It requires fair consideration, better-informed decisions and action on avoidable barriers.

01 - JOIN

Two-minute registration

Complete the two-minute registration form and accept the five commitments.

02 - ACTIVATE WITHIN 30 DAYS

Name your sponsor

Name a senior sponsor and day-to-day contact, choose one practical action and set a target date.

03 - ACT

Use the free toolkit

Use the free Neuro Inclusion Toolkit and relevant resources to make progress on the selected action.

Get the toolkit ↓

04 - REVIEW ANNUALLY

Reflect and reset

Complete a short progress review, reflect on what changed and select the next priority.

Choose One Practical Action

Starting small is acceptable.

Every signatory chooses at least one achievable action for its first 12 months. The action must be relevant, owned and capable of being reviewed. Organisations may select another action that advances one or more Charter commitments - purchasing a Neuro NEDs service is not a condition of signing.

Employee voice

Create or improve an accessible way for neurodivergent employees to contribute to relevant decisions.

Working practices

Introduce clearer standards for meetings, written actions, priorities or communication.

Manager capability

Give managers practical guidance, tools or applied development.

Support and adjustments

Review how employees request, receive and revisit workplace support.

Recruitment and onboarding

Review one stage for avoidable barriers and improve access.

Work design and environment

Review flexibility, cognitive load, sensory conditions or opportunities for job crafting.

Performance and progression

Review how expectations, feedback, development or promotion decisions are communicated and assessed.

Data and accountability

Establish a proportionate baseline, measure or reporting process.

Structured insight

Complete the Corporate NIIT or another suitable evidence-based organisational review.

Status That Means Something

Simple statuses. Not awards.

The Charter uses simple participation statuses. They are not awards or maturity ratings.

Registered

The organisation has joined and accepted the five commitments.

Next: complete activation within 30 days

Active signatory

A sponsor and contact are named and the first action has been selected.

May use the approved Charter Signatory mark

Progress reviewed

The annual review has been completed and the next priority selected.

Charter status continues for the next period

What signing means

A public commitment to the five Charter principles.
Named accountability through a senior sponsor and day-to-day contact.
At least one practical action pursued during each 12-month period.
A short annual review and a renewed priority.

What signing does not mean

That the organisation has been audited, certified or accredited by Neuro NEDs.
That every employee has the same experience or the organisation is fully neuroinclusive.
That signing provides legal assurance or proves compliance with every duty.
That every request must be approved or every difficulty can be removed.

Free To Use

Two things you can use today.

Both are free, self-contained and yours to keep - read them before you sign, or use them without signing anything at all.

Read First

The Charter, in full

The five commitments, how activation and review work, and what signing does and does not mean - as a short document you can save, print or send to a colleague.

Download the Charter (PDF) ↓

Start Here

The Neuro Inclusion Toolkit

Practical, worked exercises for individuals working out how they work best, and for organisations identifying their first avoidable barrier to remove. No email required.

Download the toolkit (PDF) ↓

Join The Charter

Make neuroinclusion more than an intention.

Registration takes around two minutes. Your organisation then has 30 days to activate its commitment by naming a senior sponsor, a day-to-day contact and one practical first action.

Organisation name
Your name and job title
Work email
Approximate organisation size
Confirmation that you are authorised to register the organisation
Agreement to the five Charter commitments

Credibility, Governance And Review

Our commitments as Charter owner

The Charter is an applied Neuro NEDs framework informed by evidence, lived experience and organisational practice. It is designed to promote credible progress without creating an unnecessary reporting burden.

Neuro NEDs owns and maintains the Charter, signatory rules, marks and associated methodology.
The Charter and toolkit will be reviewed periodically as evidence, language, law and organisational practice develop.
Neuro NEDs may suspend or remove signatory status where an organisation materially misrepresents its status, does not activate or review its commitment, or seriously undermines the Charter's integrity.
Aggregated or anonymised Charter information will only be used with appropriate privacy information and safeguards.

The Charter and its resources provide general organisational guidance. They do not replace legal, clinical, occupational-health or other appropriately qualified professional advice.