Healix extends Group PMI with neurodiversity benefit

Provides support for dyslexia, dysgraphia and autism

Hemma Visavadia
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Healix Health Services has added of a neurodiversity benefit to its group private health care plan to better support employees with neurodevelopmental disorders.

The additional benefit provides employees with support for conditions such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).  The benefit consists of two levels of care, either for individual assessment or for both assessment and treatment support for staff with neurodiverse conditions and their families.  Ian Talbot, chief executive at Healix, explained that 15% of people in the UK are estimated to be neurodivergent and thus potentially facing difficulties in the workplace "as they attempt to fit into a world that is not catered for them." "Deli...

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