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Employers urged to redesign hiring and workplace practices to include neurodivergent talent
Summary
Speakers at a World Autism Awareness Day panel recommended concrete hiring reforms—clear job descriptions, questions provided in advance, task-based assessments—and low-cost workplace accommodations such as mentoring, flexible schedules and alternative social events to boost employment of autistic people.
A United Nations World Autism Awareness Day panel on workplace inclusion recommended immediate changes to recruiting and workplace practices to better include autistic and other neurodivergent workers. Panelists said employers can start with more concrete job descriptions, by sharing interview questions in advance and by using work trials or task-based assessments instead of relying solely on impromptu interviews.
Panel moderator Ipsita Sen opened the session, and speakers included Katie J. Adreanu (founder, KJ and Getty Solutions), Jonathan (Hong Kong, neurodiversity consultant), Anjane Sharma (youth ambassador, Singapore), Madiha (president, ION Malaysia and founder/CEO, Plus Vibes Group), Jeremy (founder, Focus Bear, Australia), and others. Jeremy…
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