Wired Differently, Working Smarter: AI as an Accessibility Tool for Neurodivergent Minds
Alumni All-Access | Oct. 16 | 12 to 1 p.m., MT
Online (Zoom)
What if the tool that feels most overwhelming could actually work the hardest for your brain?
This interactive, evidence-informed session explores artificial intelligence as a legitimate accessibility and executive functioning support tool for neurodivergent professionals. You will learn how to move beyond fear and hype and reframe AI as an accommodation strategy, rather than as a shortcut or ethical liability.
Grounded in trauma-informed practice and Canadian compliance standards, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Alberta's Health Information Act, this workshop offers practical, immediately applicable strategies for using AI to reduce cognitive load, support planning and communication and to build sustainable professional workflows.
You will leave with a free AI Starter Guide adapted for Canadian professionals, and a clearer, more confident relationship with technology that works with your brain — not against it.
About the Speakers
Madelaine Robillard, BSW’20, MSW'22 (she/her)
Madelaine Robillard is a registered social worker, certified sexologist, and founder/CEO of Revolution Therapy & Wellness. A Canadian subject-matter expert in ethical AI integration for mental health, she is a peer-reviewed author with Alberta Health Services-designated subject-matter expert status in technology and data governance. Madelaine brings lived experience as a neurodivergent professional alongside deep clinical and systems-level knowledge to bridge the gap between technology and accessibility. Get in touch with Madelaine.
Suzanna Dreifelds (she/her)
Suzanna Dreifelds is a coach and experiential learning facilitator at Revolution Therapy & Wellness and founder of PlayLab, a game-based ADHD coaching program for entrepreneurs, creatives and neurodivergent adults. With lived experience as an ADHDer, she centres the belief that sustainable productivity is a design problem, not a willpower problem. Suzanna bridges systems-level thinking with real-world, immediately usable strategies for professionals who need them most. Get in touch with Suzanna.
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