UK Government review of Autistic employment prospects
Bumping this thread rather than starting a new one.
The Buckland report is now out.
Direct link to gov.uk is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-buckland-review-of-autism-employment-report-and-recommendations
A relevant BBC article is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68381352
As an autistic person I have been extremely lucky - I learned to mask quickly and effectively, and found my niche in non-people-facing tech work. Nevertheless I wish this had been around when I started work 40 years ago. Now all we have to do is actually get employers to read it.
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There is a God.
JamesW wrote:
Bumping this thread rather than starting a new one.
The Buckland report is now out.
Direct link to gov.uk is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-buckland-review-of-autism-employment-report-and-recommendations
A relevant BBC article is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68381352
As an autistic person I have been extremely lucky - I learned to mask quickly and effectively, and found my niche in non-people-facing tech work. Nevertheless I wish this had been around when I started work 40 years ago. Now all we have to do is actually get employers to read it.
The Buckland report is now out.
Direct link to gov.uk is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-buckland-review-of-autism-employment-report-and-recommendations
A relevant BBC article is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68381352
As an autistic person I have been extremely lucky - I learned to mask quickly and effectively, and found my niche in non-people-facing tech work. Nevertheless I wish this had been around when I started work 40 years ago. Now all we have to do is actually get employers to read it.
I read some of the report and it mentions the "next steps" including a change in the ways of thinking on behalf of employers?
I'll believe it when I see it. I am skeptical, however. Asking the average prole to be more understanding of autism or especially asking them to be accommodating with regards to employment, seems to be beyond most of them.
blitzkrieg wrote:
I read some of the report and it mentions the "next steps" including a change in the ways of thinking on behalf of employers?
I'll believe it when I see it. I am skeptical, however. Asking the average prole to be more understanding of autism or especially asking them to be accommodating with regards to employment, seems to be beyond most of them.
I'll believe it when I see it. I am skeptical, however. Asking the average prole to be more understanding of autism or especially asking them to be accommodating with regards to employment, seems to be beyond most of them.
I think you're absolutely right. The good news is that, in terms of employers, it's not about understanding - it's about capitalism. If they start seeing other companies employing autistic people and increasing their profit as a result, they will gladly do the same.
The pandemic had a similar effect. A lot of employers noticed how much more efficient a lot of their employees were as a result of having to work remotely, and allowed them to continue doing it. If it hadn't been for the pandemic, they would never have given them the chance.
(Yes, I know - a lot of them will simply never get it.)
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Born 1964. Diagnosed 2023.
Oxbridge dropout. Sober since 1993.
There is a God.
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