This interview hosted by Amber Simpson, PhD sits at a powerful intersection: personal story, professional expertise, and a genuine business case. Felicia M. L. Davis is a rare voice — an AuDHD woman, a statistical rarity in terms of her diagnosis profile, who has also led global teams at a Fortune 500 financial firm. She bridges lived experience and organizational strategy in a way few people can.
Neurodivergence Is Not a Deficit of Value
The goal isn’t to lower expectations.
It’s to understand people well enough to remove unnecessary barriers—and then give talented people the opportunity to perform at their highest level.
When organizations stop asking, “What’s wrong with this person?” and start asking, “What does this person need to be successful?”, the conversation changes.
So does the outcome.
Listen to the Conversation
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Read Autism, Not Attitude
Whether you’re neurodivergent yourself, a parent, partner, friend, educator, HR professional, manager, or leader, Autism, Not Attitude was written to help bridge the gap between what we see and what is actually happening underneath. The book offers practical strategies for work and home life reducing conflict, building trust, and improving communication.
Bring Felicia to Your Organization
Felicia M. L. Davis brings more than 15 years of leadership experience, combined with lived experience as an autistic business leader, to her work as a keynote speaker and corporate trainer. Her work focuses on neurodiversity, leadership, communication, diverse team dynamics, and transforming conflict into innovation and opportunity.
Her message is particularly powerful for organizations asking a critical question:
How do we stop treating cognitive difference as a problem—and start leveraging it as an advantage?
Felicia’s keynotes give leaders practical tools to communicate across differences, reduce unnecessary conflict, and build teams where different ways of thinking become a competitive advantage.
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