Three tiers of certification, each based on evidence
Every tier comes with a full assessment report. Endorsed and Certified also come with a hosted badge that anyone can check against our records.
Reviewed
A full assessment and detailed report, whatever the score. Useful for organisations that want to know where they stand before investing in changes.
- Assessment across all 35 criteria
- Structured written report with evidence
- Prioritised issue register
- Recommendations roadmap
- A route to Endorsed or Certified
- No minimum score required
Valid for 12 months
Endorsed
Everything in Reviewed, plus a hosted NDC badge and a listing in the verified directory. Needs 50% or more overall and no domain below a 1.5 average.
- Everything in Reviewed
- Hosted NDC Endorsed badge
- Listing in the NDC verified directory
- One follow-up consultation
- At least 50% overall
- No domain below a 1.5 average
Valid for 18 months
Certified
The highest tier, reviewed by an independent panel of neurodivergent professionals, with positive practice highlights you can use in marketing and annual renewal. Needs 75% or more overall.
- Everything in Endorsed
- Hosted NDC Certified badge
- Signed off by the independent panel
- Positive practice highlights
- Annual renewal assessment included
- At least 75% overall and no domain below a 2.5 average
Valid for 12 months, renewed each year
How the badge works
NDC badges are served from our servers through a short code snippet on your site, rather than as an image file you download and keep.
It stays current
When a certification expires or is revoked, the badge stops showing by itself, so nobody is left displaying an out-of-date badge and nobody has to remember to take it down.
Anyone can check it
Every badge links to the Verify page, where procurement teams, regulators and customers can confirm the certification is active.
It has to be earned
An NDC badge can only come from a formal assessment, and no organisation can make one for itself.
