Gender and Neurodiversity in Coaching
A Coaching Master Class with Kate Arms, CPCC, PCC and Tracy Winter, Ph.D., PCC
Gender diversity is sometimes viewed as a form of neurodiversity. Autistic people are more likely than neurotypical people to be gender diverse and gender-diverse people are more likely to have autism than are cisgender people.
Neurodiversity-inclusive coaches must be able to recognize the frequent co-occurrence of gender non-conformity and neurodivergence and learn how to work with it. Without this awareness and skill, coaches may be doing a disservice and even harm to their clients unknowingly.