auticon UK won two prestigious UK Social Enterprise Awards, which recognise businesses that are transforming communities and tackling climate change. We proudly took away awards for both categories we were nominated in, UK Social Enterprise of the Year and Social Enterprise Building Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Justice Award, at a prestigious awards ceremony held at the […]
The Sun, 30 Mar 2023 Jane Hamilton AROUND 700,000 people in the UK have autism – but only 29 per cent of autistic adults are in employment. With World Autism Awareness day taking place on Sunday, a number of UK employers want to “move beyond awareness to acceptance” by encouraging organisations to hire staff who are on the spectrum. […]
The Independent Online, 27th March 2023 James Moore Employers should pay heed. So should a government that seems bent on sanctioning disabled people into work – a strategy doomed to failure, writes James Moore What’s the plan for getting more disabled people into the workplace? The government’s approach is predicated on bullying, and on reforming the […]
The Scotsman, 27th Mar 2023 Emma Newlands Autistic people face a “catalogue” of barriers preventing them from entering the workforce, and only about a fifth of adults with the condition are actually employed, according to a report published today. Auticon – an IT consulting business and social enterprise that exclusively employs adults on the autism […]
HR Review, 27th March 2023 Amelia Brand auticon’s new research outlines a catalogue of barriers that are preventing autistic talent from entering the workforce. auticon’s ‘Neurodiversity in Work Survey’, which reviewed the experiences of almost 1000 autistic workers, identifies the following key issues as being uniquely challenging for autistic talent: Most recruitment processes place emphasis […]
HR Magazine, 27th March 2023 Millicent Machell Traditional recruitment involves unwritten social rules which are a barrier for autistic candidates, a new report has found. The report, by Auticon, an IT consultancy which exclusively employs people on the autism spectrum, found almost a third (31%) of autistic people said the traditional recruitment process was the […]
auticon, a social enterprise that exclusively employs autistic adults as technology consultants, today released a compelling new report on autism in the workplace. The report <Neurodiversity at Work>, available inside the company’s latest Impact Report, asked 985 autistic professionals about their autism diagnosis, finding quality career opportunities, and disclosing their autism to employers. A crisis […]
auticon today released its annual Impact Report, illustrating how its model of social innovation is changing lives and making organisations neuro-inclusive. As a mission-driven company, auticon works to solve the crisis of unemployment impacting autistic adults and counsels clients on neuro-acceptance. auticon’s autistic team members are employed as IT consultants, numbering 265 globally in 2022, […]
auticon based in London and Edinburgh, is a finalist in the categories of: UK Social Enterprise of the Year and Social Enterprise Building Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Justice Award. It is a business that improves the employment prospects for autistic adults by providing high-quality careers in IT and helps organisations that want to successfully employ and […]
“At first, I was skeptical about bringing in autistic consultants – I didn’t know if they would have the skills we needed. “But then I learned about auticon, a consultancy that exclusively hires autistic consultants in a presentation from our Head of Human Resources, Uwe Schoepe.” “By the end I remember thinking, ‘this could be […]