“It is also essential to educate the team about autism, and train members on how to embrace it without undermining autistic colleagues’ abilities, capabilities and/or feelings,” she writes. Understanding that each person with autism is an individual with their own strengths and needs is part of the solution. Consider each autistic person individually and surround them with a support system appropriate for them.Provide a go-to person/ mentor to help them acclimate to the new environment. Design a highly structured onboarding process and give clear instructions to new employees.Still, even with an enlightened view of diversity and inclusion, institutions may struggle with how to integrate individuals with disabilities into their workplaces.įarah Bousaleh, human resources manager at Mobile Technology Tomorrow, proposes these steps to overcome barriers to inclusion, in a column for the corporate governance solutions company, Tamayyaz.
