Neurodivergence: 48% of those surveyed feel discriminated against during work recruitment processes

New research reports that neurodivergent people can feel discriminated against during the hiring process at some workplaces.

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00:00So actually, once people are in a work environment, there are absolutely some positives there

00:05in terms of the culture and how they're treated. But one of the main barriers was around recruitment,

00:10so getting into organisations in the first place. So 48% of people we surveyed said they

00:16felt they'd experienced bias or discrimination in the recruitment process. And in particular

00:22there, they talked about a couple of aspects. So one is around sort of experiencing stereotypes

00:27or biases, negative perceptions around what neurodiversity is, but also some of the habits,

00:32some of the features of recruitment processes that I guess are just done because neurotypical

00:37people always work that way. So for instance, when we're interviewing, oftentimes hiring

00:42managers will say to me, I want to meet someone face to face so I can look them in the eyes.

00:47We get that sort of view of, you can tell if someone's trustworthy or you can build

00:50rapport through eye contact. And we actually know for some conditions, autism especially,

00:56eye contact can feel uncomfortable and sort of extremely intense.