laura g anthony

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Laura Anthony, Speaker and Accessibility Advocate

making brain science
make sense
for the workplace

Your best talent may be hiding in plain sight.

As artificial intelligence transforms every industry, the routine tasks that once defined success are disappearing. What remains are the complex, creative challenges that require unconventional thinking—exactly where neurodivergent minds excel.

And those minds are already on your team.

Laura helps you unlock this potential, while building inclusive cultures that don't just help different thinkers thrive, they elevate performance and innovation across the entire workforce.

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Free Resource: Tips for Neuroinclusive Interviews

Transform your interviewing procedures with evidence-based strategies that enable hiring teams, workplace investigators and HR professionals to conduct interviews that are more inclusive, reliable, and appropriate for all minds.

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meet laura

speaker, disability attorney, consultant

With over 25 years of experience as a disability lawyer, mediator, and leader of neurodiverse teams, Laura Anthony has helped organizations, from Fortune 100 companies to government agencies and top universities, rethink how they hire, lead, and collaborate through the lens of science and equity.

What makes Laura's approach unique isn't just her deep expertise, but the heart behind it. As the daughter of a parent who survived a traumatic brain injury, Laura grew up navigating the realities of neurodiversity firsthand.

This personal foundation, combined with her studies in psychology and brain science, gives her a rare ability to speak with both authority and empathy, translating the science of thinking differently into clear, actionable strategies that drive innovation, inclusion, and growth.

Her programs are insightful, practical, and human, empowering teams to improve communication, reduce unconscious bias, and unlock the full potential of their neurodiverse workforce.

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Signature Talks

Transformative insights your audience will remember

How to Conduct Neuroinclusive Interviews and Investigations

HR professionals and leaders conduct countless interviews for hiring, workplace investigations and performance evaluations. Yet, traditional interview techniques can disadvantage those who are neurodivergent, leading to missed opportunities and flawed outcomes. With 1 in 5 people identifying as neurodivergent and with neurodiversity becoming a strategic asset for organizations, HR professionals need to learn how conduct interviews in ways that work for all communication and cognitive styles. This session teaches practical strategies to adapt traditional approaches and helps leaders understand how inclusive interviewing can improve their talent and investigation practices.

HR professionals and leaders conduct countless interviews for hiring, workplace investigations and performance evaluations. Yet, traditional interview techniques can disadvantage those who are neurodivergent, leading to missed opportunities and flawed outcomes.…

Audience Takeaways:

  • Recognize how traditional interview methods can exclude those with different cognitive and communication styles
  • Learn how to modify questioning techniques, environments and processes to support all participants
  • Apply strategies that enhance reliability in both talent assessment and fact-finding
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Leveraging the power of a neurodiverse workforce

Conflict is inevitable, and the stress it creates can be particularly challenging for neurodivergent individuals who process emotions, interpret communication, and respond to tension in different ways. For dispute resolution professionals, like mediators and arbitrators, as well as workplace leaders, it's important to understand these differences and how traditional ADR practices can create barriers to resolution. This training offers practitioners insight on how to eliminate these barriers, implement inclusive practices that account for diverse thinking and communication styles and achieve better solutions for all parties.

Conflict is inevitable, and the stress it creates can be particularly challenging for neurodivergent individuals who process emotions, interpret communication, and respond to tension in different ways. For dispute resolution professionals, like mediators and arbitrators, as well as workplace leaders, it's important to understand these differences and how traditional ADR practices can create barriers to resolution.…

Audience Takeaways:

  • Recognize how neurodivergence can affect how people experience stress and conflict
  • Understand how traditional approaches to dispute resolution may be ineffective or escalate the tension between parties
  • Learn how to adapt processes so they support all participants and their unique needs
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Effective leadership for neurodiverse teams

Leadership is evolving and one of the most transformative shifts is the recognition and leveraging of neurodiversity within teams. This session equips team leaders to foster neuroinclusion in talent acquisition and development, moving beyond accommodations to systems where all minds thrive. By understanding how we think and communicate differently, attendees will learn to how be an inclusive leader, reduce bias and build collaborative teams where neurodiversity drives innovation and growth. This isn't just a talk about inclusion—it's a practical roadmap to help leaders innovate and harness their team's full potential.

Leadership is evolving and one of the most transformative shifts is the recognition and leveraging of neurodiversity within teams. This session equips team leaders to foster neuroinclusion in talent acquisition and development, moving beyond accommodations to systems where all minds thrive.…

Audience Takeaways:

  • Recognize the untapped potential that is already on your team
  • Learn inclusive strategies for hiring, talent development and change management
  • Consider differences on your team as differentiators for organizational growth
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Leveraging the Power of a Neurodiverse workforce

As AI and automation shift talent needs, skills like creativity, innovation and complex problem solving are becoming more critical. And these skills are exactly where neurodivergent talent excel. With up to 20% of the workforce identifying as neurodivergent, smart organizations are moving beyond inclusion to harnessing these cognitive differences as competitive advantages. This session equips leaders with practical tools to recognize, develop and leverage the unique strengths of their neurodiverse talent. Because embracing neurodiversity isn't just the right thing to do—it's a powerful differentiator in an AI-dominated future.

As AI and automation shift talent needs, skills like creativity, innovation and complex problem solving are becoming more critical. And these skills are exactly where neurodivergent talent excel. With up to 20% of the workforce identifying as neurodivergent, smart organizations are moving beyond inclusion to harnessing these cognitive differences as competitive advantages.…

Audience Takeaways:

  • Learn what neurodivergence means and its impact in the workforce
  • Discover how different ways of thinking and communicating can create a strategic advantage
  • Recognize and remove barriers that limit the contributions of neurodivergent talent
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Ready to Harness Neurodiversity as Your Competitive Advantage?

Laura transforms how you see, support, and succeed with different minds.

What People Are Saying

"As a repeat Symposium speaker, Laura has been truly outstanding. Her intelligence and interpersonal skills enable her to explain sensitive and complex issues in a practical way with the utmost relatability."

Dr. Perry Zirkel - Symposium Chair and Professor of Law and Education, Lehigh University

"Laura is one of those rare speakers who can both captivate and challenge a room. Her message comes to life through her authenticity and warmth, drawing you in for a conversation that feels tailored just for you."

Collins Saint - Director of Young Lawyer's Division, American Bar Association

"Laura was a standout guest on my podcast. Her insights and storytelling were thought-provoking and relatable and her ability to discuss sensitive topics with humor and warmth made for a wonderful conversation."

Kristin Messegee - Host, Life Uninhibited Podcast

"Laura gave a dynamic and important talk that applies not only to investigation techniques, but many other forms of communication in the workplace."

Rosalie Wolkowicz - Senior Advisor, Promotion of Civility and Prevention of Harassment, CIUSSS West Central Montreal

"Laura's training was crisp, insightful and wonderfully adapted to the nuances of our process. Everyone I've communicated with was greatly impressed and agreed that it was an amazingly helpful session."

David Baum - Employee Relations Partner, Google People Operations

"Laura is a fantastic speaker. Her presentation was both thoughtful and engaging, offering valuable insights that will undoubtedly benefit our team in both their personal and professional roles."

Chandra Cook - Director and Senior Policy Advisor EEO and Civil Rights, United States Department of Defense

Let's Connect

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