It can be hard for employers to know how to accommodate autistic employees in the workplace. In this presentation, Autistic Science Lady gives insight and advice to employers and how they can be proactive in helping autistic employees succeed in the workplace. Topics included are disclosure, sensory sensitivities, and alexithymia.
Outline:
- Who can be autistic? (anyone)
- Why are functioning labels bad? (they are)
- How do autistic people experience the world differently?
- Why is it difficult for autistic people to know whether to disclose?
- How do alexithymia and sensory needs impact job interviews?
- Practical and proactive things that employers can implement to actively welcome and include autistic people.
- How does neurotypical bias create barriers in the hiring process for autistic people?
I'm an autistic adult who blogs about late-diagnosis. I also write to help give non-autistic people insight about how autistic people perceive the world, and the many ways that neurotypical society is inaccessible to us.
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