Autism at Work Priorities

  • ““up-to-date autism training” ⤴️
  • “examining the transition to retirement” ⤴️
  • “Widen the diversity of autistic people recruited to studies” ⤴️
  • “research to highlight “the effect of corporate culture on mental health” and “inform changes to enable all autistic people to be able to work if they wish … in physical and cultural work environments that have a positive – rather than detrimental – effect upon their mental health” .” ⤴️
  • ““the experiences of autistic people who have lost their job as a result of their autism”” ⤴️
  • “involvement in research should extend beyond simple participation and should involve autistic people “as co-researchers or advisors.”” ⤴️
  • “what do autistic careers/professional lives/jobs over a lifetime look like?” and “what does successful work look like for autistic adults?”” ⤴️
  • “Research highlighting “types of jobs that suit autistics”, the “fields which are more autism-friendly” than others and “employers that actively recruit autistic people”.” ⤴️
  • “Research highlighting “types of jobs that suit autistics”, the “fields which are more autism-friendly” than others and “employers that actively recruit autistic people”.” ⤴️
  • ”* How autistic people can best get what they need without having to disclose personal information to an employer that they don’t fully trust” ⤴️
  • “Participants felt it was important for research to highlight “autism friendly recruitment best practice” and indicate “how application [and] recruitment processes could be made easier and more practical for people with autism.” ⤴️
  • ”“[research] the level of stigma and discrimination autistic people encounter in the workplace” and to determine “how far discrimination is responsible for the appallingly low rates of employment among autistic people”” ⤴️
  • “research to “question the neurotypical style and methods of communication as being the ‘default’ against which autistic people are judged”” ⤴️
  • “[I would like research to identify] what accommodations are the most widely used [and] most effective”, so autistic people can advocate for the adjustments they may require” ⤴️
  • “Quantifying how [productivity] improves when adjustments are made would also be very helpful. Being able to tell a company that they can expect a certain percentage improvement in productivity by making adjustments is very powerful” ⤴️
  • ““do people on the spectrum get paid fairly? [And] do we get promoted at the same rate?”” ⤴️