Table 3.

Work-related difficulties and strengths attributed to neurominorities

	Difficulty	Strength
ADHD	Time management140 Concentration, attention and self-regulation difficulties141 Insomnia, depression, injury and absence142 Maintaining employment143 Difficulty with team work144	Creative thinking145 Visual-spatial reasoning ability8 Hyper-focus, passion and courage20
Autism	Time management146 Concentration and coping with more than one task147 Social and communication difficulties148 Need for routine148	Memory ability, and other ‘specialist individual skills’ including reading, drawing, music and computation149 Innovative thinking and detail observation20
DCD	Difficulties with driving, self-care, organization, communication and self-esteem32,51 Processing speed and working memory8 Persistence of motor difficulties in operating equipment150	High verbal comprehension ability8
Dyslexia	Literacy, memory, organization, communication and self-esteem12,151 Memory, organizational skills, time management, stress management, literacy74 Workplace participation in terms of mental functions and social interactions63 Cognitive functioning and social self-esteem152,153 Higher incidence of worklessness and incarceration65,154	Entrepreneurialism50 Creativity and cognitive control153 Visual reasoning154 Practical skills, visual-spatial skills and story-telling ability155