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Neurodiversity Celebrations Week Highlights

Keith Mckenzie • March 26, 2024

My involvement in supporting this year's neurodiversity celebration week combines projects and articles along with connecting with communities during the week and a few days earlier.

For this year a different approach was made by representing at selected events and being involved in a neurodiversity-related workshop.
"I felt it was important to evolve my support to Neurodiversity Celebration Week" beyond social media and online. When networking and meeting people there are still some people not aware of neurodiversity celebration week"



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It started a few days before the week began by attending the Dyslexia Show for the second time. This annual Dyslexia and Neurodiversity event takes place at Birmingham's NEC. As well as catching up with many people I've seen previously also met new people.


I watched presentations from Arron Smith along with a panellist discussion hosted by Keisha Adair-Swaby featuring Tumi Sotire, Steve Parke and Zoe Jane Littlewood.

During the middle of the neurodiversity celebration week, I returned to the NEC for the first time visit to the Disability Accessibility and Inclusion event Naidex. It includes an interview with Broadcaster & Mental Health campaigner Roman Kemp to address the importance of supporting people who are experiencing Mental Health. Also, a panel discussion hosted by Dr. Shari Dhanda with examples of effective campaigns on disability.

One of the people I have met with Rebecca Bailey, BBC Creative Diversity Assistant Content Producer.


I attended a specialised workshop to Mark neurodiversity celebration week hosted by the University of Birmingham titled "In Space: Feeling the Built Environment" addressing open spaces and how places at work and education become more accommodating towards neurodivergents. This event was developed by the University Neurodiversity Staff community and was hosted by Dorothy Buckard and Jeremy Kidwell.


The online special was available to support Neurodiversity Celebration Week. It includes an original blog for supporting this year's event. The article titled "A Connected World" reminds everybody to look beyond work and employment for a neurodivergent and widen opportunities including community participants relationships and many more.

Read the article via the Plus Value Awareness blog on WordPress

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Awareness Beyond the Celebration Week
As part of transforming my awareness website a new mini-feature focusing on Neurodiversity related articles and related projects is developed, titled "
Neurodiversity Focus". This is part of the newly revamped feature awareness Focus which showcases diverse and focused areas of customised projects, articles and information. It will also feature the current online developments that supported this year's neurodiversity celebration week.


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Visit my awareness website "Plus Value Awareness" to discover of projects, campigns and information

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Keith is an awareness campaigner, a creative designer (Graphic design and digital art) and a salsa dancing participant
With a background in Art & Design (including Graphic Design & Digital art) and a participant in music-related film documentaries, events & record label project King Of the Beats including filming and behind the scene preparations.
Keith was educated at Hereford College of the Arts, the University of Northampton, Birmingham City University and Google's Digital Garage. Since 2000, he has developed over twenty years in providing awareness projects, campaigns and activities with the Awareness brand Plus Value Awareness along with Differences Originals. Also am involved with salsa classes in the local community as an assistant. Also have participated in major dancing conventions at Birmingham's NEC including Motion City (created by Birmingham Latinmotion and London's ManboCity) during the summer and Latinmotion's NYE Fest during the New Year public holiday.
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