"There's little doubt that autistic people are the most unemployed, underpaid, and overeducated disability population. While no research suggests that autistic people are poor workers, there is research that shines a light on how well their bottom-up processing and "noisy brains" make them particularly suited for plenty of productive work. Autistic people may face serious challenges in the work world because of their sensitivity to social justice, their lack of awareness of hierarchy."
"When ideas are floated and changes are announced in a meeting, they rarely do anything of any consequence before another idea or change comes along and pushes last week's action items out of view. Some of the ideas and changes can be comically bad or so terribly underdeveloped as to present as little fictions that are being introduced simply to take up the time."
Estimates of unemployment among autistic people range from 70 to 85 percent, making them the most unemployed, underpaid, and overeducated disability group. Autistic individuals often process information bottom-up and have noisy brains that can make them highly productive in many roles. Workplace challenges arise from heightened sensitivity to social justice, a weaker innate sense of hierarchy, and coherence-seeking thinking. Meetings amplify these conflicts because they function to exercise hierarchy and frequently present underdeveloped or shifting ideas. Autistic workers commonly identify illogical proposals and gaps, which can be perceived as disruptive despite intentions to save time and money.
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