Understanding Autism for Employers
Everyone deserves the opportunity to find meaningful, fulfilling employment, without barriers. Our employment support service works with both individuals and employers to create inclusive workplaces where autistic people can thrive, contribute, and feel valued.
Understanding Autism for Employers
Everyone deserves the opportunity to find meaningful, fulfilling employment, without barriers. Our employment support service works with both individuals and employers to create inclusive workplaces where autistic people can thrive, contribute, and feel valued.
What You’ll Learn
Autistic employees can face barriers in the workplace that prevent them from thriving. Rigid processes, unclear expectations, and environments that overlook sensory needs can increase stress and reduce productivity. At the same time, a lack of awareness around neurodiversity can mean that valuable skills and perspectives go unrecognised.
Inclusive workplaces embrace different ways of thinking and working. By increasing understanding of autism and making small, meaningful adjustments, organisations can unlock talent, boost wellbeing, and create a culture where neurodivergent employees feel seen, supported, and empowered to contribute fully.
Elevate works with teams and leaders to build neurodiverse-friendly workplaces – environments where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.
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Understanding Autism
We’ll introduce autism as a neurodevelopmental difference and explore why the language we use can help build relationships and provide a safer work environment for autistic people.
Barriers in the Workplace
This section looks at the challenges autistic people may face, from sensory overload to communication and processing differences.
Creating Inclusive Environments
Finally, you’ll learn practical strategies to make your workplace more accessible – from adapting the physical environment to adapting to different communication and diverse thinking styles.
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This course is ideal for all employers who want to improve their understanding of autism and make their learning environments more inclusive.
No previous knowledge of autism is required – this course is an accessible introduction to understanding autism and how you can improve your practice.
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By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand autism as a neurodevelopmental difference and why inclusive language is important in the workplace.
- Recognise the barriers autistic people face in the workplace.
- Learn simple, practical strategies to make all work environments more accessible.
- Gain confidence in understanding differences in communication, thinking, interaction and sensory needs.
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After this introductory course, you can develop your practice further with Step 2 courses such as Autism and Sensory Processing, or Autism and Communication, to build a deeper understanding of autistic experience.
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We also offer autism consultancy in this sector.
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