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[5] Furthermore, according to the UK Office for National Statistics, the unemployment rate of autistic people may reach 85%, the highest rate among all disabled groups studied. It is noted that in many countries autism is not a disability protected by anti-discrimination employment laws, and this is due to many corporations lobbying against it. [6]
Luke Gawthorn is one of the approximately three million people in the UK with autism, ADHD or dyslexia who say they have been discriminated against by a hiring manager because of their condition ...
According to NAS data published in 2016, 43% of UK autistic people who are or have been in employment say they have lost a job due to autism-related discrimination. [205] A further 81% say they have experienced harassment , injustice or lack of support in the workplace. [ 205 ]
Societal and cultural aspects of autism or sociology of autism [1] come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects the definition of personhood. [2] The autistic community is divided primarily into two camps; the autism rights movement and the pathology paradigm.
People with autism do not need to be fixed. It’s not autism that is complicated. People are complicated. We all have quirks, challenges, temperaments, demands, traumas, and many other traits ...
Denial of access thus demonstrates a prejudice against equal rights for disabled people; such actions risk actual bodily harm as well as limiting personal freedom. The people who commit disability hate crimes frequently justify their actions with narratives which are driven by socio-economic factors which can follow a typical pattern.
The neurodiversity paradigm is a view of autism as a different way of being rather than as a disease or disorder that must be cured. [40] [42] Autistic people are considered to have neurocognitive differences [34] which give them distinct strengths and weaknesses, and are capable of succeeding when appropriately accommodated and supported.
The theory of the double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher. [2] This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic individuals face when socializing with non-autistic individuals are due, in part, to a lack of mutual understanding between the two groups, meaning that most autistic people ...