Find Autistic Talent with Hire Autism

• By: Courtney Carroll Hire Autism
• January 10th, 2024
• autistic job seekers, employment, inclusive hiring practices, inclusive workplace, interview accommodations, interviews, learning opportunities, social and communication differences, Winter 2024 Issue
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Unemployment rates for autistic adults in the United States are staggeringly high. Recent statistics show that between 50% to 90% of autistic adults are unemployed or underemployed, making autism the highest unemployed disability (Steven Zauderer, Cross River Therapy). In addition, studies in the...

Six Steps for Greater Autism Inclusion In The Workplace

• By: Ashish Kaushal Consciously Unbiased
• June 25th, 2021
• accommodations, awareness, employment, inclusion, interviews, neurodiversity, onboarding, strengths, Summer 2021 Issue, talent, workplace
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Imagine you have an employee who excels at pattern recognition, thinks “outside of the box” and has extreme attention to detail. Yet, they might not enjoy making eye contact or be the best at reading social cues. This was the case for one company’s new hire that I learned about during...

Summer Jobs

• By: Carole N. Kalvar Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association (AHA)
• July 1st, 2009
• adolescents, employment, executive function skills, interviews, summer
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For most of us a first summer was a kind of rite of passage. Motivated by making some money and by trying on a more adult role way we were ready to take on the responsibilities of work. Knowing we had to commit ourselves to a set work schedule, to learning and performing unfamiliar tasks, to...