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Autistic people often thrive in a structured and well-organised environment and have many strengths that are useful to an employer - such as accuracy, good eye for detail, reliability and meticulous application of routine tasks.
However, they may have varying difficulties with:
Verbal and non-verbal communication
Such as body language, facial expressions, idiomatic language etc. They may take words literally.
Building social relationships -
starting and maintaining conversations on general topics that may not be of particular interest to them.
Imaginative activity
They may have specific interests and find it hard to think in abstract ways. Their literal interpretation of the world may mean they are much more comfortable with facts rather than hypotheses.
During an interview, candidates mayanswer more productively if these reasonable adjustments can be made:
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What is autism?
Find out more about this lifelong developmental disability that affects more than one in 100 people.
