How do folks deal with policies that are discriminatory towards certain subsets of your staff? For example, an organization creating a policy which REQUIRES your camera to be on for all virtual meetings, which is inaccessible for people with a variety of disabilities (especially neurodivergent folks). I am struggling to find the balance between advocating for myself and my staff, and maintaning respectful communication between myself and the policy writer responsible.

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Could you expand on how people with neurodivergence renders them incapable of having their meeting camera on?

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Oh gotcha! Yah I have an employee that works better with stimulation so I see what you’re saying.

I do get why virtual meeting presenters would want cameras on but also if there’s a meeting going on we should be focused on the presentation and the meeting not staring at each other. I’ve never worried about how I’m perceived on camera unless it’s an interview. Obviously some level of professionalism is necessary, I can’t be shoving food in my face or changing a diaper or playing with my dog but aside from that if I’m not drastically engaged in something other than the meeting then there shouldn’t be a problem. Most people in meetings are multitasking and also working on other things already anyways.

Mainly… unless you have any type of power to push back on the policy don’t waste your time. If it’s not a discussion and they’ve already rolled it out it’s set and decided. Now all you can do is find a workaround. Maybe you can talk with your department about expectations, camera on but mic ok to be off unless and until you need to chime in. Those false backgrounds are ok so we don’t see what’s going on around you. And make it clear to everyone that camera on doesn’t mean stare at everyone and worry about what they’re doing it means we’ve all been accounted for as present and can now focus on the meeting. And maybe some education just needs shared, to understand that everyone operates differently and give some examples. I’ve communicated to my team we are about always assuming positive intent first. It’s not human nature but it’s vital to healthy team functioning. And I will call someone out if they’re whining to me about something that they’re blowing out of proportion and doesn’t need to be a thing. So, if you’re in charge of your department then you can set that stage. If you’re in charge of managers that run their departments I’d hold a mandatory meeting around expectations of that policy and reallllllly focus on educating them on different personality/characteristics types (sorry not sure how neurodivergence is classified) and how they learn or ways in which people learn and function effectively that maybe isn’t traditionally seen as appropriate or what-have-you.

Just thought on how to work with what you’re got! Bc policies usually don’t work best for everyone but… there’s usually ways to work with what you’ve been given!

Oh just read your link from previous post.

If the main concern is disability related then I would definitely ask the HR or the policy writer, whoever the appropriate party is, what the steps are for disability exceptions/accommodations. There has to be one, even if it’s not in the policy.

Maybe it’s just an exception form needs turned in? Maybe with a doctors note or something of the sort.

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