Elaine Walsh - Award Winning Producer, Development Producer and Script Mentor

I’ve gone through college and several courses throughout my career, and each time I pick up something new and learn something valuable from the entire course. But the Neurodiversity in the Screen Industry was exceptional in detailing valuable information, around policy and legislation, here and in the UK, around the practicalities of accommodations, and the participants and guest speakers spoke sensitively, and with tremendous honesty and insight. Eleanor McSherry is a superb lecturer, is a superb curator, she provided a lot of information but also helped us to navigate this information so it resonated with us and we could retain and apply it.  I am a mentor with Screen Yorkshire to diverse writers, producers, director’s, I don’t necessarily know what diversity my mentees will my goal with this course was to explore all types neurodiversity and develop better language and accommodations. Eleanor taught us that the language is evolving in this area and that policy is too, and she also taught us how we can advocate, be an ally, on set, in pressurised situations for others who may be experiencing difficulties or feeling excluded. At first, I wasn’t sure that an online course would answer all my questions, but Eleanor really, really knows her stuff! The video tutorials and printable docs are excellent, I downloaded all the materials and built a cheat sheet, but the cheat sheet is a few sheets long! No matter it is all captivating and vital information that I can refer to and keep it dynamic by adding to it. I really, strongly recommend everyone do this course, it is empowering, it is so inclusive, it is timely, human and kind.