As companies race to recruit the best talent amid a nationwide labor shortage, employers should take a hard look at groups they may be inadvertently alienating — particularly neurodiverse talent and those with autism.
Over the next decade, approximately a million autistic teens will enter adulthood, yet nearly half of 25-year-olds with autism have never held a paying job, according to Autism Speaks. In total, it’s estimated that 85% of those with autism are unemployed. These unemployment rates outdo those with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities or speech-language impairments.
