Like them or loathe them, meetings are a fact of modern working life. When the first Covid lockdowns were imposed, it was meetings that many employers rushed to find solutions for, much to the benefit of companies like Zoom! But for some neurodivergent staff, meetings can be extremely difficult for several reasons. They may find...
Napoleon was above average height for his time. The Great Wall of China is not visible from space. Bats are not blind. And not all autistic people want to work in tech. False beliefs and assumptions are everywhere – we live in the era of fake news, after all. Some of these are harmless. It...
The world is not a fair place. Often those who make the breakthrough are not those who get the credit – Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth all evolved from work by Hedy Lamarr, who is much better known as an actress, to take one example. Perhaps more often than any other group, women are denied the...
Autism and Job Interviews Huge numbers of autistic adults who are willing and able to work are unemployed. They have skills and talents which would be valuable to employers, and they want to work. What is going wrong? The answer is complex, and many factors are almost certainly involved, but one major problem for many...
“How autism and learned behaviours can be a strong combination in leadership” 4-minute read Meet Scott Howe, an impressive business leader with a background in the military. Scott is also autistic. Scott’s route into his first career was accidental. Growing up in England, he applied to join the Royal Marines Commandos, never believing he’d be...
4-minute read Through Xceptional’s work creating meaningful careers for neurodiverse people, we have the pleasure of working with employers around the world. Across the public sector, corporates and startups, three common inclusion mistakes can be made. The mistakes I am about to share with you were not made by our employer partners, but by me...
2-minute read Xceptional’s custom built platform allows autistic job seekers to demonstrate their skills by completing tasks, puzzles and activities in a safe online environment.The platform was built to highlight the incredible skills of neurodiverse individuals who are often overlooked in standard recruitment processes. Here we talk about the ‘why’ behind the platform. Why did...
Xceptional launches a platform 3-minute read It’s a special time for our team as we count down to the release of the Xceptional assessment platform for neurodiverse job seekers (https://app.xceptional.io/). Xceptional’s custom built platform allows job seekers to demonstrate their skills by completing tasks, puzzles and activities in a safe online environment. Since our inception...
Need New Ideas For Your Business? Hire More Autistic Staff! 6-minute read In this article on innovation, author Mark Palmer explains the benefits of hiring autistic people, who often bring fresh perspectives to a problem. Different ways of thinking are vital for companies that need to come up with new products and services and stay...
What is Self-Care & My Top 4 Self-Care Tips 4-minute read Self care is such an important element of coping through tough times for autistic people as well as neurotypicals. In this article, guest writer Barb Cook brings 4 tips for positive self care, including focusing on the present through mindfulness, learning when and how...
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