Below I have included the instructions for hiding the hourly appointments for telework with a view in outlook. Hopefully this will make the change easier for those of us who are sensitive to changing our calendars. I would also like to share a little of my own experience as a neurodivergent staff member, in hopes of promoting understanding and encouraging greater accessibility and equity. [Time orientation](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5542685/) is a largely unconscious and culturally enforced set of norms placing relative emphasis on past, future, and present events. Different cultures exhibit various time orientations, such as polychronic and monochronic cultures which emphasize significantly different strategies, values, and etiquette around time.  [Time perception](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830363/) (chronoception) is an individual process of experiencing time. Deviation in chronoception is often a significant aspect of many forms of neurodivergence including ADHD, autism, schizophrenia, and others.  Communication around time and norms of punctuality and time etiquette differ from culture to culture and person to person. Neurodivergent individuals, and those from minority cultures are often expected to mask their differences, and we struggle to conform to a culture which can begin to feel like a hostile environment. Successfully accommodating a diverse staff requires curiosity, care, and consideration of these differences. While it may seem like a minor concern to some, changing the way we enter information on our calendars can feel like an existential threat to others. Many of us have experienced job loss, which threatens our housing and food security; due to our disability, or due to misalignment with Western monochronic culture. As a result we live with chronic time-anxiety and trauma related to differences in the perception of time. Asking us to change our calendar can unintentionally trigger past experiences of surveillance, conflict, and control. As a result, prescriptive intervention on calendar administration may be perceived as hostile and may be alienating, especially for neurodivergent, non-western, or non-white staff. While we understand and acknowledge the operational advantages of calendar consistency and convenient communication, some of us hope that our differing experiences and values can be recognized as valid and complementary perspectives that are welcomed and accepted.  Thanks for considering this perspective!