Nineteenth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations

Abstract

Institutions of higher education are organizations in constant change in order to meet the neurodiverse needs of adult learner. Neurodiversity was first developed as a term referring to a social and clinical movement to explain that the world is made up of individuals with a wide range of skills, perspectives, and abilities. This movement took on a social justice stance by working to create and develop better support for the diverse needs of individual people and at the same time create a better understanding and acceptance of differences and strengths. The neurodiverse approach is to adapt the environment to meet the needs of individuals rather than forcing individuals to adapt to an unsupportive environment. In so doing, the higher educational institutions are evolving more in to organizations of change and knowledge management, and are developing a culture of innovation.