Creating Neurodivergent-Friendly Meetings and Workshops by Jenine Lillian

Creating Neurodivergent-Friendly Zoom Meetings and Workshops is a practical workplace guide for employers, managers, facilitators, and team leaders who want to improve the clarity, accessibility, and effectiveness of virtual meetings.

Virtual meetings have become a normal part of workplace communication, yet many organizations are experiencing increasing levels of meeting fatigue, information overload, and unclear communication.

This guide provides practical strategies for designing Zoom meetings and virtual workshops that are clearer, shorter, and more inclusive for everyone involved.

Written by Jenine Lillian, an #ActuallyAutistic neurodiversity consultant, educator, MLIS librarian, and workshop facilitator with more than twenty years of experience delivering virtual education, this resource combines lived experience with decades of professional facilitation and instructional design.

Rather than focusing only on awareness, the guide provides concrete steps organizations can take immediately to improve their meeting culture.

Inside the guide you will learn how to:

• identify common patterns that make virtual meetings ineffective

• decide when a meeting is actually necessary and when another form of communication may work better

• design meetings that support neurodivergent participation and different communication styles

• use structured facilitation techniques such as the Silent Start method to improve focus and reduce cognitive overload

• support digital wellness by avoiding back-to-back meetings and unnecessary meeting length

• create clearer agendas and more intentional meeting design

• use practical tools such as a neurodivergent-friendly meeting agenda template and quick checklist

The goal of this guide is not simply to support neurodivergent participants. It is to improve the experience of meetings and workshops for everyone.

Small structural changes in how meetings are designed can significantly improve participation, clarity, and workplace communication.

This guide is suitable for:

• managers and team leaders

• HR and professional development teams

• workshop facilitators and trainers

• educators and organizational leaders • anyone responsible for hosting meetings or virtual workshops

Digital download (PDF)

Special Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2026 price: $49

Because there are currently no comparable practical guides written from both lived neurodivergent experience and decades of professional facilitation practice, the estimated professional development value of this resource is $99.