Engineering runs on exactly the cognition many teams unintentionally screen out: deep focus, pattern recognition, unconventional problem-solving. The exclusion is rarely malicious—it's baked into "normal" defaults for how we interview, run meetings, assign work, and define "culture fit." This session moves past awareness and tokenism to redesign the defaults themselves. We'll show how small, low-cost changes to communication and collaboration unlock neurodivergent talent while making teams sharper for everyone. Inclusion here isn't accommodation—it's an engineering advantage most competitors leave on the table. You'll leave with specific changes to make your team's norms work with more kinds of minds, not against them.