Autism @ Work: Insights From a World-First Global Study on Employing Autistic Adults

• By: Charmine E. J. Härtel, PhD Monash University Anna Krzeminska, PhD Macquarie University Australia
• September 15th, 2021
• accommodation, adults, assessment, diversity, employees, employing autistic adults, employment, Fall 2021 Issue, hiring programs, inclusion, neurodiversity, research, unemployment, work
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 Since the emergence of Specialisterne, a growing number of multi-national organizations have implemented neurodiversity hiring programs including SAP, JP Morgan, Microsoft, IBM, and several others. Alongside them are the innovative pioneers within the social enterprise and...

The Social World of Work

• By: Yvona Fast, MLS
• October 1st, 2014
• actually autistic, colleagues, relationships, social skills, work
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Relationships with colleagues and bosses are often the biggest area of struggle for those on the autism spectrum. We live in a society where success is not based on merit, skill or dedication, but on sociability. Usually social and behavioral issues, rather than lack of technical skills, derail...

SAP and Autism at Work

• By: Bonnie Squires SpArc Philadelphia
• July 1st, 2014
• employment, technology, work
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Autism has been very much in the news recently, especially since the report indicating that the level of autism has now been estimated at one in sixty-eight children. And Laura Princiotta, who serves as the CEO of SpArc Philadelphia, a family of organizations which deal with intellectual and...