But the unemployment rate of autistic people remains disturbingly high. ABS data from 2018 shows 34.1 per cent of autistic people are unemployed โ three times higher than that of people with any type of disability and almost eight times that of those without a disability.
โA lot of the time people hear that someoneโs autistic and they assume incompetence,โ says Varney, who was this week appointed the chair of the Victorian Disability Advisory Council.
โBut we have unique strengths, specifically hyper focus, great creativity, and we can think outside the box, which is a great asset in workplaces.โ
In Israel, the defence force has a specialist intelligence unit made up exclusively of autistic soldiers, whose skills are deployed in analysing, interpreting and understanding satellite images and maps.
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โRather than focus on the deficits of the person, focus on the strengths. A quarter of National Disability Insurance Scheme plans name autism as the primary disability, so society has no choice โ thereโs going to be such a huge number of people who are young and looking for jobs who are autistic. There is a skills shortage as it is, so you need to look at neurodiverse talent.โ
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โThese individuals want to come to work and get the work done โ they are not going off for a coffee and chatting.โ
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โWe need to see jobs for a diverse range of autistic people.โ
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