It’s tempting to think that autism is not something employers need to worry about – that people with an Autism Spectrum Disorder are either super-smart and hyper-capable, able to excel in their “special interest” area (almost exclusively STEM-based) without any adjustments or understanding, or too “low-functioning” to work and not worth worrying about. It’s through this prism that autism is often viewed in the media – but it is far too simplistic, and most do not fit these extremes.
As such, this booklet is a collection of a diverse group of people throughout the UK, each from a different walk of life; all have an Autism Spectrum Disorder, but no two could be called identical and all have worked in very variant industries to each other. In the pages that follow they discuss how they feel about being open in the workplace, the kind of adjustments they feel they need and whether they can access these, and their hopes for the future
This booklet shares stories of young people in the workplace.
