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Neurodivergent insights for strengthening social connections in the workplace - Talent Canada

Social intelligence is characterized by the knowledge and skills to understand and adhere to social rules, often defined by North American cultural norms. It

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Communicative Interventions for Autistic Employees in Academic Workplaces

This essay provides an autoethnographic account of my experiences as an autistic employee in academia. By examining organizational communication literature on autism in the workplace, I identify some key issues that autistic employees face in academic workplaces. With research finding approximately 85% of autistic individuals are unemployed, and of those who are employed, only 6% are competitively employed in jobs that utilize their educational training and/or professional skill level, current cultural discourses around diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace provide an opportunity to make organizational challenges for autistic employees more visible. By sharing my own experiences in the workplace, and pairing it with current organizational communication research, I offer four strategic communicative interventions that employers might utilize in managing autistic employees.