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Employing and Empowering Neurodivergents: Job Interviews
Job interviews are stressful for many people, but these processes are especially exclusive to neurodivergent job candidates, as they are designed for neurotypicals, who perform socially. My lack of facial expression, often called “flat affect”, especially by members...
Employing and Empowering Neurodivergents: Job Ads
Job ads commonly serve as the initial impression of an employer, giving job seekers a sense of the employer’s inclusion efforts, allowing applicants to determine whether or not they’re qualified and perhaps how they might fit in the company. Job ads are also a common...
Employing and Empowering Neurodivergents: (Mis)communication
A major barrier to sustaining employment for autists is communication. “I work best when” includes asking employees their preferred communication styles. For autistic employees, this commonly means written communication, which allows autists to avoid confusing social...
Employing and Empowering Neurodivergents
Many believe neurodivergence refers only to autism, or to people who can’t work, or people who only work certain jobs, such as warehouse workers, document processors, or in tech roles, such as coding or IT, but neurodivergents work in all fields at all levels....