Index

Dinah Bennett (International Consultants for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Ltd, UK)
Yolanda K Gibb (Women's Economic Imperative, Spain)

Entrepreneurship, Neurodiversity & Gender

ISBN: 978-1-80043-058-7, eISBN: 978-1-80043-057-0

Publication date: 20 July 2022

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Bennett, D. and Gibb, Y.K. (2022), "Index", Entrepreneurship, Neurodiversity & Gender, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 147-150. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-057-020221010

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Copyright © 2022 Dinah Bennett and Yolanda K Gibb. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited


INDEX

Accelerators
, 106

Access to funding
, 61

Accessing finance
, 111–112

Acquired neurodiversity
, 36

Agency
, 10

Anxiety-induced behaviour
, 76

Aspergers
, 23

Aspierations
, 104–105

Assertiveness style
, 134

Assistive technology
, 114

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
, 23–24

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
, 23–24, 84

Auticon
, 102

Autism
, 26, 36, 134

Autism Positive Communities
, 132–133

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
, 23

Autism Training Leadership Action Scotland (Atlas)
, 132–133

‘Autism-friendly professions’
, 51

Autism@work Playbook
, 103

Autistic Entrepreneurs Network
, 110–111

Autistic Interpreter
, 70–71

Autistic people
, 44–45

Autistic women
, 1–2, 118

Birth
, 63–65

Broader network
, 108

Business

business-to-business services
, 61

development and sales
, 65–67

finding and validating
, 57–58

ideas
, 53–57

owners
, 106

in partnership
, 55, 58–59

types
, 105

Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorders Alliance (CASDA)
, 115

Career
, 34

choosing a career
, 79–82

development
, 11

guidance
, 73, 113

satisfying career within a corporate environment
, 35

Choosing a career
, 79–82

Clients
, 65

Cognitive variation
, 22–23

Communication issues
, 134

Company culture
, 52

Completely Inclusive
, 110–111

Conceptualised neurodiversity
, 36

Confidence
, 18–19

COVID-19 pandemic
, 75, 96, 108

Diagnosis
, 7–8, 28, 34

Diagnostic Pilot Project
, 98

Disability
, 26

Disclosure
, 7–8, 29, 33

Discrimination
, 41–42

Double empathy problem
, 135–136

Durham Small Business Centre Stakeholder Assessment Model
, 9

Dyscalculia
, 23–24, 36

Dyslexia
, 23–24, 36

Dyspraxia
, 23–24, 36

Economic viability of businesses
, 105

Education
, 81

Effective communication
, 134

Effective support system
, 95

Employment
, 2

initiatives
, 102

Enterprise
, 95

Enterprise learning and skillsets

choosing a career
, 79–82

enterprising and entrepreneurship skillsets
, 82–89

leadership and team building
, 90–93

Enterprising approaches
, 78

Entrepreneurial journeys

applying natural talents and interests to identified opportunity
, 70

birth and survival
, 63–65

business development and sales
, 65–67

case examples
, 67–71

combining passion and strengths into successful business
, 69

creating own opportunities for return to workplace
, 68–69

finding and validating business idea
, 57–58

identifying resources
, 58–63

motivation and business ideas
, 53–57

stages of starting business
, 54

Entrepreneurs
, 83–84, 105

Entrepreneurship
, 1–3, 55–56, 73, 95

accessing finance
, 111–112

building social capital
, 108–111

skillsets
, 82–89

support for
, 105–112

women and
, 15–22

Equity
, 22

Face-to-face networking
, 88

Finance, accessing
, 111–112

Financial resources
, 58–59

Fundraising
, 126

Gender

equality
, 22

gender-neutral policies and laws
, 22

gender-related differences
, 111

neurodiversity and
, 22–28

responsive approach
, 22

stereotypes
, 25

General support network
, 95–99

Gibb and Ritchie model
, 53

Growth Hub
, 124

Hall, Heather (CEO of The Usual Place)
, 81

Harvard Business Review
, 36

Human behaviour
, 134

Human resources
, 58–59

Identity
, 29

Impact-based business model
, 92

Impaired theory of mind
, 134

Inclusion Canada
, 115

Incubators
, 106

Informal rules of workplace
, 41–42

Innovative peer-to-peer mentoring programme
, 1

Inspiring Scotland
, 121

Inspiring Scotland
, 133

Institute of Directors (IOD)
, 84

Institute of Neurodiversity (ION)
, 84, 93

Integrated support
, 114–116

Intersectionality
, 95

Job
, 41, 104

Kaleidoscope Investments
, 111–112

Kindness in management
, 51–52

Kolb’s learning cycle
, 82–83

Leadership
, 90–93

Learning
, 73–79

learning-by-doing approach
, 9

practical skills
, 78

styles
, 82–83

LGBTQ community
, 26, 120

LinkedIn
, 88

Local Enterprise Partnership
, 124

Locus of control
, 129

Masking
, 25

Mental health
, 36

Mental Health Teams
, 98

Miscommunications
, 135

Monetary
, 53–54

Motivation
, 53–57

National Health Service
, 24

Net effect
, 43

Networking
, 65, 88–89, 130

Neurocognitive styles
, 22–23

Neurodivergence
, 17

Neurodivergent conditions
, 76

Neurodivergent employees
, 8

Neurodivergent entrepreneurs
, 22, 49, 60, 108, 131

Neurodivergent individuals
, 9, 35, 96, 117–118, 128–129

in workplace
, 36

Neurodivergent leaders
, 93

Neurodivergent people
, 38–39, 84

Neurodivergent women
, 8, 118, 130–131

entrepreneurs
, 20–21

entrepreneurship
, 15

self-employment or entrepreneurship for
, 60

Neurodivergent-friendly learning opportunities
, 112–113

Neurodiverse workforce
, 35

Neurodiversity
, 2, 22–23, 117

and gender
, 22–28

‘Neurominorities’
, 36

Neurotypical norms
, 61–62

‘Neurotypical’ practice
, 2, 23

Non-monetary motivations
, 53–54

Not-for-profit organisation
, 126

One-to-one mentoring
, 126

Online networking
, 88

Personal stories
, 99

Physical resources
, 58–59

Policy issues
, 117–121

Power of Neurodiversity
, 22–23

Pre-existing social capital
, 58–59

Product-based businesses
, 105

Pull factors
, 17, 53

relating to work
, 54

Push factors
, 17, 53

relating to work
, 54

Qualitative study
, 105

Recruitment processes
, 37–38, 73

Responsiveness style
, 134

Retail business
, 105

Role model
, 11, 56, 128

for individuals
, 97

Sales, business development and
, 65–67

School
, 73–74

Scottish Autism
, 1

Scottish Government
, 121

funded programme
, 132–133

Scottish Strategy for Autism
, 133

Scottish Women’s Autism Network (SWAN)
, 1, 4, 87, 103

Self-employment
, 1, 3, 56–57, 73, 81–82, 119

Self-identity
, 28

Service

providers
, 131–132

provision
, 105

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
, 6, 49, 150

population
, 117

Social capital
, 58–59, 86–87

building
, 108–111

Social networks for career advantages
, 86–87

Specialisterne Foundation
, 102

Spectrum Advantage
, 100–102, 112

Spectrum Autism
, 124

Stakeholders
, 98–99

Standard business support
, 11

Stark reality
, 45–46

Stereotypes
, 73

Storytelling
, 132

Support ecosystem
, 122–126

general support network
, 95–99

support for entrepreneurship
, 105–112

support into work
, 100–105

transversal issues
, 112–116

Support for entrepreneurship
, 105–112

Survival
, 63–65

Surviving in workplace
, 40–47

Systematic awareness
, 127

Target market constraints
, 20

Team building
, 90–93

Team engagement
, 92

Teamwork
, 92

Technology
, 79

assistive
, 114

The Genius Within
, 56

“Too hard basket syndrome”
, 132

Tourette Syndrome
, 36

Transport systems
, 120

Transversal issues
, 112–116

assistive technology
, 114

integrated support
, 114–116

neurodivergent-friendly learning opportunities
, 112–113

providing relevant career guidance
, 113

Two-pronged approach
, 12

Understanding Autism Programme
, 102

Uptimize
, 103

Urban planning
, 120

Valeur, Charlotte (former Chair of IOD and founder of ION)
, 84, 93

Virtual fora
, 128–129

Virtual learning
, 89

Voice-to-text software
, 12

‘Wicked’ problems
, 84

Women

and entrepreneurship
, 15–22

women-owned businesses
, 111

Women entrepreneurs
, 61, 86–87, 92–93, 131

WIN award for
, 109

Women into Network (WIN)
, 89, 109, 128–129

Work

pull factors relating to
, 54

push factors relating to
, 54

support into
, 100–105

Work-life balance
, 129

Working for others

getting hired
, 35–40

in search of good boss
, 47–52

surviving in workplace
, 40–47

Working in partnership
, 121

Workplace

creating own opportunities for return to
, 68–69

neurodivergent individuals in
, 36

surviving in
, 40–47

World Bank
, 61

World Health Organisation
, 23

Zoom app
, 12, 88