Biography
Anita is a Scrum Master and neurodiversity advocate. She’s passionate about spreading the word, starting discussions and breaking stigma about autism and other neurodiversity conditions. Her close family and friends include people with autism, ADHD, dyslexia and bipolar disorder, and even more neurodiversity traits are visible in the teams she has worked with.
When not talking about neurodiversity, she’s helping software development teams improve their agile processes and ways of working.
Speaking
Anita is available to talk about neurodiversity at the workplace from various angles. She can give either a talk, a workshop or both, and her speciality is neurodiversity in scrum and product teams.
So far she has spoken during Scrum Facilitators Original Conference 2023, Dutch Scrum Master of the Year 2024, Women in Agile Europe 2024, as well as various online and offline meet-ups, both for community as well as in-house for companies (e.g., for Proximus in Belgium and Enexis in the Netherlands).
Guest Blog
Check out the guest blog Anita wrote on Agile Gatherings: https://agilegatherings.com/how-can-agilists-support-their-neurodivergent-colleagues/
