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Not Same for Everyone

Tom Geraghty · Politics, Diversity & Equity, Power

Argues that psychological safety looks different for everyone — shaped by background, culture, neurodiversity, ability, and language — and that 'speaking up' is not only verbal. Frames this as a design problem: if safety requires neurotypical, Western norms, it excludes those who need it most.

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