b'Member News November 2023 21Equality, diversity and inclusionEDI update We partnered with Bristol Braille and FIRST to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion highlights from across the IET launch a ground-breaking pilot for partially We celebrated International Women insighted and Engineering Day (INWED) with a special bookblind students to giveaway across social media, and by sharinguse new braille events and news from our partners Stemettestechnology enabling them to and the Womens Engineering Society (WES).participate in FIRST LEGO League.In September, we opened registration for our 2023 Young Woman Engineer (YWE) ofWe delivered our first REflect webinar the Year Awards ceremony, and this year,focused on improving organisational EDI were also planning an event in Novemberin partnership with RS Grass Roots and to bring together our past YWE winners toAFBE. The event is available to watchidentify new opportunities to inspire moreon-demand: bit.ly/reflect-webinar After working successfully with the women and girls.Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE) for a few years, In August we also supported theweve now formalised this partnership. Its Take a look at our Inclusive Thinkingannual REflect event for young peoplevital that Black and Minoritised Ethnicities campaign to share your tip or insightfrom ethnically diverse and/or lowfeel represented across the engineering on how to embed inclusive thinkingsocio-economic backgrounds, bringingand technology sectors and as an across engineering and technology:them together with role models fromInstitution, we can further learn from AFBE bit.ly/inclusive-thinkingengineering and technology. and develop to ensure were supporting the wider engineering community. Neurodiversity project update The term neurodiversity is used to describe the concept that all humans vary in In the last edition of Member News we shared our new researchterms of our neurocognitive projectexploring neurodiversity in engineering and technology.ability. (Genius Within) The project is led by antechnology, the benefits ofwhich all engineers thrive.The term neurodivergent is used Advisory Group withimproving the inclusion ofWere now collating thehere to describe people who have less typical neurotypes. lived experience ofneurodiverse professionalsfindings and the reportThese may include ADHD, Autism, neurodiversity, the IETand what needs towill be available in winterDyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, EDI team, and researchchange to create more2023. Well be makingDysgraphia, Hyperlexia, Synethesia, consultants who areinclusive environments.recommendations forand Tourette Syndrome.themselves neurodiverse oractions from the findings have experience of workingWe have conductedand setting ourselvesWe understand that diversity with neurodiverse people.focus groups to heartargets to improve our ownof thought and thinking styles It aims to understandfirst-hand experiencesprocesses and practices.are vital in solving global more about neurodiversityfrom IET members aboutchallenges and engineering a in engineering andhow to create a culture inbetter world. Creating a culture in which all engineers thrive is not only the right thing to To join the IET Neurodiversity member network do, but it is also essential for contact the EDI team at inclusion@theiet.org the future of engineering.'