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Neurodiversity at work benefits everyone – why companies are hiring autistic people

  • Written by Carol A Adams, Professor of Accounting, Durham University
Neurodiversity at work benefits everyone – why companies are hiring autistic peopleDiversity takes different forms.Andrey_Popov / Shutterstock

Some of my favourite fictional characters include Spock and Seven of Nine from Star Trek, Dr Martin Ellingham from Doc Martin and Shaun Murphy from The Good Doctor. Apart from being brilliant at their jobs, they are all considered to be autistic by the autism community.

It is no coincidence...