E023: Steve Hill on Neurodiversity and Identifying as Autistic in the IT Sector
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Steve Hill is the Commercial Director of Auticon UK, a unique multi-national IT Consultancy and social enterprise, which exclusively employs autistic adults as IT Consultants. We talk about the advantages of neurodiversity of talented IT professionals in the workplace.
Topics:
- The World's Largest employer of Diagnosed Autistic employees
- Supporting people in the IT Sector
- What is Neurodiversity?
- Underemployment for people with autism
- 1 in 100 people in the UK identify as autistic
- Cognitive profiling
- Non-linear measure of autism
- Job Coaches with a background in Clinical Psychology
- Fear of doing or saying the wrong thing
- Unwritten Rules of the office
- Hyper/Hypo-sensitivities
- Training for Organisations
- 'Not everyone is a great manager'
- Fast, honest and impartial communication
- How to attract Neurodiverse talent
- Chats instead of interviews
- Data Science IT roles
- Software Design and Engineering and QA IT roles
Auticon - https://auticon.com/
National Autistic Society - https://www.autism.org.uk/
PODCAST: Autism in Conversation with Auticon - https://open.spotify.com/show/2rVNtrqcptuar4leOaxZa0
Steve: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevehillprofile/
Email Steve: Steve.hill@auticon.co.uk
Steve Hill - Children's Author: https://www.jennymany.com/
Lou: https://www.instagram.com/lou.temlett/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisetemlett/
LOUTECH - find out more: https://www.loutech.co.uk/
MUSIC CREDIT:
ARTIST: Maleki Ram | ALBUM: The Ghost at the End of the World | TRACK: The Rush
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-rush/1098113666?i=1098113677
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