Hi, my name is Charlie Hart, and I am also known on social media as ‘Ausome Charlie’. Yes, that is ‘Ausome’ with an ‘Au’ for ‘Autistic’– one of my self-assigned labels right there! I am a neurodiversity inclusion keynote speaker with a background in HR Analytics. Starting to Self-Assign Labels When I realised that IContinue reading “The Power of Self-Assigned Identity Labels”
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Reflections on Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025
How do you feel about Neurodiversity Celebration Week? This is the sixth year I have been involved, in some way or another, and I love it, but with reservations, some of which are outlined below: Corporate Neurodiversity Inclusion is not Everything! Celebrating neurodiversity and including and appreciating neurodivergent people is not all about work! Yes,Continue reading “Reflections on Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025”
How I got my first standing ovation
Are you ready to get your first standing ovation? See how I did it, at the Professional Speaking Association’s Speaking Business Summit 2024! #KeynoteSpeaker #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic
Alexithymia, community, and ‘jelly buddies’
I had an absolute blast at the Professional Speaking Association summit over the weekend, but I need to get real for a moment. Sometimes things can happen that make me feel incredibly disabled, and incompetent, and this can have a devastating effect on me, but not immediately, it is a delayed emotional response. I haveContinue reading “Alexithymia, community, and ‘jelly buddies’”