Simply put, neurodiverse hiring is the recruitment and placement of employees with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, or/and dyspraxia made by companies who are actively looking to acquire unique employees’ skills and enable different thinking styles within their teams. Other than the social-good, neurodiverse hiring holds tremendous business benefits and enables companies to obtain a strong competitive advantage...
Written by: Mike Tozer, CEO & Founder. If you missed it, yesterday was a big day for Xceptional with the news of our BOLD agreement and our $600,000 funding round in the Australian and other press. I remember sitting in my class at Harvard listening to one of the guests that visited – Tracy Palandjian from Social...
As those following Xceptional may know, up to 80% of autistic adults are underemployed or unemployed. Thankfully in markets as diverse as South Korea, Israel, Canada and Belgium companies are dedicated to providing skilled employment for autistic people. Last month I had the privilege of participating in the first global meeting for Neurowrx in London. Neurowrx...
I’ve been fortunate to win 6 pitch competitions since starting Xceptional. From the Google Impact Challenge through to the Australia final of Pitch@Palace in Perth last week, it has been humbling to see how the story behind our business has connected with so many. I use the word fortunate very intentionally. I truly believe that...
‘I have Aspergers and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. And – given the right circumstances – being different is a superpower’ – Greta Thunberg There is a lot of media and business attention on the enhanced abilities of autistic people. The BBC ran the headline Are autistic individuals the best...
The perspective of a mum in supporting her adult child to finding meaningful employment.
We do Christmas like we do business. Differently! This year we were determined for our Christmas party to be inclusive.
As a Westpac 2018 Businesses of Tomorrow winner, Xceptional were invited to Melbourne Business School for their ‘Take on Tomorrow Program’. Here's what we learnt about business innovation:
Wow! Big thank you to all who voted for Xceptional in the Google.org Impact Challenge
Everyone who works at Xceptional has a direct connection to autism: either they have autism, or they have a friend or close family member who does.
Xceptional acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land where we work and live. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of all communities who also work and live on this land.
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