Regulation of the Companies for Neuroinclusion Program

The Companies for Neuroinclusion Program seeks to mobilize, educate and recognize organizations that support or develop responsible neuroinclusion practices in the workplace.

• Dignity, respect and non-discrimination.
• Accessibility and consideration of reasonable adjustments.
• Responsible participation and continuous commitment.
• Transparency about limits, criteria and nature of seals.
• Protection of personal data and minimization of sensitive data.
• Use of language based on evidence and without absolute promises.

Participation in the Program is voluntary and free of charge and does not replace the organization's legal, labor, regulatory or accessibility obligations.

Interested company: organization that registers interest or seeks out the Project to learn about ways to participate.

Participating company: organization whose participation was analyzed and formally accepted in accordance with the regulations.

Neurodivergence: broad term for neurological profiles that differ from the pattern considered typical. The term does not, in itself, mean automatic legal classification as a person with a disability.

Institutional seal: visual identity authorized by the Project to indicate a category of participation. It is not technical or government certification.

Private companies, social organizations, educational institutions, service providers and other legal entities compatible with the objectives of the Program may express interest.

The size of the organization is not, in isolation, an exclusion criterion.

The Project may refuse or postpone participation when there is insufficient or false information, misuse of the brand, refusal to comply with minimum rules, documented facts incompatible with the Program's principles or risk of misleading the public.

Minimum criteria:

• Formally express interest in supporting the initiative.
• Appoint an internal person responsible for contact with the Project.
• Accept the rules for using the seal and brand.
• Carry out or undertake at least one concrete action of institutional, educational, technical, logistical or mobilization support.
• Do not condition support on the granting of the Gold seal.
• Do not use the seal as official certification or in misleading claims.

Financial support is not a mandatory requirement. The default validity of the authorization is 12 months, unless otherwise expressly defined.

Version 1.0 Rule: all 4 essential criteria + at least 2 of the 4 complementary criteria.

The evidence must be proportional to the criteria evaluated. The Program does not require public exposure of employees, diagnoses or clinical information.

• Policies, manuals, codes of conduct or internal procedures.
• Internal communications, onboarding materials or HR guidelines.
• Documented description of the adjustment request flow.
• Vacancy models, forms or adaptations of the selection process.
• Training records, attendance lists or training materials.
• Technical reports or minutes on implemented actions.
• Aggregated and anonymized indicators, when available.
• Formal statements from the person responsible for the company, when appropriate to the criteria.

The analysis is documentary and declaratory, and may include a clarification meeting. The Program does not carry out labor audits, technical expertise or certification of legal compliance.

Possible decisions are: approved, approved with conditions, supplementary information, postponed or not approved.

Non-approval will not be publicly disclosed by the Project, unless there is a legal obligation or the need to correct misuse of the brand.

Use depends on express authorization from the Project and only the official file provided may be used.

• Maintain original colors, texts, elements, contour, proportion and category.
• Use only during the validity period.
• Use permitted, as a rule, on institutional websites, social networks, reports, presentations, internal communications and recruitment materials.
• Use in products, packaging or advertising that suggests certification requires additional authorization and, as a rule, will not be permitted in Version 1.0.

Recommended formulation: “Company participating in the Companies for Neuroinclusion Program, an institutional initiative of the Acolher TEA Project, in the category corresponding to the authorized seal.”

The Project may suspend or withdraw authorization in the event of misuse, unauthorized graphic changes, misleading claims, false information, refusal to correct irregularities or documented facts incompatible with the Program's principles.

Whenever possible, the company will be notified and will have up to 10 working days to clarify or correct the situation. In urgent misleading use, there may be preventive suspension.

Participation in the Program is voluntary and free. There is no charge for registration, analysis of the criteria or eventual granting and authorization to use institutional seals.

No seal can be purchased. Payment, donation, sponsorship or contracting does not guarantee approval, priority, relaxed criteria or the granting of a seal.

The Cobre seal may recognize institutional, technical, educational, logistical, mobilization or other support compatible with the Program, without requiring a financial contribution.

When there is eventual financial support for the Project, it must be voluntary, treated separately from the evaluation of the seals and formalized in an appropriate way according to the current institutional structure.

The Project may maintain a public list of companies with a current seal, upon authorization, informing the name, category, grant date, validity and brief description of the participation.

Employee personal data, diagnoses, internal documents and confidential evidence will not be disclosed without adequate basis and authorization.

The company may request reconsideration of non-approval, suspension or withdrawal, indicating the disputed points and presenting new evidence when applicable.

It is recommended that the application be submitted within 10 working days after communication of the decision.

Each relevant change to this regulation must generate a new identified and dated version.

Unforeseen situations will be analyzed based on the principles of the regulation and recorded internally.

No promotional material can expand the meaning of the seal beyond what is provided in this version.

This version comes into force internally on August 20, 2026 and remains valid until replaced by a new version.