We’ve Partnered with Enna Global to Strengthen Our Neuroinclusive Social Research Practices
At M·E·L Research, we believe the strongest neuroinclusive social research is accessible by design. As part of this commitment, every member of our team recently completed specialist neurodiversity training with Enna Global, a leading neurodiversity and neuroinclusion consultancy.
The training marked the beginning of a wider collaboration. We’re delighted to be partnering with Enna Global to further strengthen the neuroinclusive quality of our research, communications and participant engagement, ensuring accessibility is embedded throughout every stage of the research journey.
Building on our commitment to designing neuroinclusive social research, this partnership will help us reduce barriers to participation, engage a broader range of people and generate richer, more representative evidence.
A partnership that strengthens our social research
With seven years’ experience delivering lived-experience-led training, consultancy and organisational change across 33 countries, Enna Global brings specialist expertise in helping organisations embed neuroinclusion in meaningful, practical ways.
Through our partnership, Enna Global will apply a specialist neuroinclusive lens across our project materials, participant communications and research outputs, helping us ensure they are accessible, engaging and appropriate for neurodivergent audiences from the very beginning of each project.
Enna Global’s mission of making neuroinclusion a genuine business reality rather than a box-ticking exercise aligns closely with our own belief that inclusive research isn’t simply about meeting accessibility requirements, but about designing research that enables every voice to be heard and every participant to engage confidently.
Making research more accessible from the outset
Every interaction within a research project shapes a participant’s experience. Recruitment materials, surveys, discussion guides, interviews, workshops and reports all rely on clear, accessible communication.
Our tailored company-wide training session with Enna Global focused specifically on how neurodivergent people experience research, equipping our researchers with practical tools to communicate more effectively with participants with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, anxiety and other neurodivergent conditions.
Rather than viewing accessibility as an adjustment made when required, the training reinforced the importance of designing research inclusively from the outset, reducing barriers to participation and helping more people contribute confidently.
While particularly valuable when engaging neurodivergent participants, many of the principles of neuroinclusive design improve the research experience for everyone, creating clearer communications, more accessible materials and stronger participation across diverse audiences.
Why this matters for our clients
Simply put, removing barriers to participation helps produce richer, more representative evidence.
For our clients, this means research that is informed by specialist neuroinclusion expertise, helping maximise participation while ensuring communications are clear, inclusive and engaging from the very start of each project.
When participants can easily understand what’s being asked of them, feel comfortable taking part and engage in ways that work for them, organisations gain more robust, representative and meaningful insight.
Whether we’re evaluating public services, consulting on policy, exploring customer experiences or engaging communities, this partnership enables us to:
Design participant communications that are clearer and more accessible.
Reduce barriers that may prevent neurodivergent people from taking part in research.
Increase participation across a broader range of audiences.
Capture evidence that better reflects the diversity of lived experience.
Deliver research informed by recognised neuroinclusive best practice.
Continuing to raise the standard of neuroinclusive social research
At M·E·L Research, we’re continually looking for ways to improve how we design and deliver research.
By combining our expertise in social research and evaluation with Enna Global’s specialist knowledge of neuroinclusion, we’re ensuring accessibility is embedded throughout the research journey, not treated as an afterthought.
For our clients, that means greater confidence that their research reaches the people whose voices matter most, generating evidence that is richer, more inclusive and better equipped to inform services, policy and decision making.
Our neurodiversity social research experience
At M·E·L Research, we work with charities, government bodies, regulators, employers, education providers and system partners to deliver high-quality neuroinclusive research grounded in lived experience, methodological rigour and accessible research methods.
Our work spans qualitative and quantitative research, consultation, evaluation and insight generation with neurodivergent participants across areas including education, employment, accessibility, criminal justice, public services and customer experience.
You can read more about our neurodiversity market research experience and services, here: Neurodiversity Market Research
Talk to us about neurodiversity market or social research project
If you are designing services, developing policy, improving accessibility or seeking to better understand neurodivergent experiences, we would love to work with you.
Get in touch with the M·E·L Research team today via our ‘Get in Touch’ form below to see how our expert researchers can support your goals. Alternatively, you can email the team at info@melresearch.co.uk.
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