Dense PDFs and text-heavy manuals overwhelm neurodivergent and disabled readers. Using diverse communication styles and universal design removes barriers, helps everyone understand information faster, and stops people from feeling singled out at work.
or get overwhelmed by a lot of text, you might not get through that entire PDF employee manual and understand it as well as you should. So when we start thinking about different communication styles, neurodivergence, and even disability, making our materials that we offer, our information, how we access things within the organization, taking some steps there to improve accessibility really can go a long way in breaking down some silos and barriers and people not having to feel like they have a target on their back because we just have information that is accessible to all.
