Webinar: Levelling the employment playing field

This webinar is sponsored by Fujitsu.
In this webinar, UCL-based researcher Mel Romualdez will be discussing disclosure and recruitment for autistic job seekers, and the barriers that make it difficult for autistic people seeking employment to succeed. She will also be discussing ways in which recruitment processes, and workplaces in general, can be made more inclusive.
Rose Matthews, an independent Autistic researcher, will provide insights from her lived experience of being interviewed for a variety of roles pre and post-autism diagnosis. She will also draw on involvement in job design, recruitment, and selection, from earlier in her career.
Intro: 00:08
Mel Romualdez: 01:04
Rose Matthews: 17:12
Q&A: 39:53
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My current employer said that autism is not a valid reason to be exempt from business model/business needs. I asked for my hours not to be changed and they said I had to change them. I moved my hours and they ended up not being the best for my mental health. I got a letter from my doctor saying could i start at 8am instead of 7am? It was refused. They have now forced me to drop a shift for 12 weeks paid. after the 12 weeks if i accept the reduced hours i will lose money. the company I work for have shown their true colours and i have been with them for 9 years!