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Maria Ashworth, Brett Heasman, Laura Crane, Anna Remington
(2024).
Evaluating the impact of an online autism training on changing employers’ autism knowledge and commitment to inclusion in the workplace.
Neurodiversity, 2, 27546330241249266.
SAGE Publications.
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26 Apr 2024
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10.1177/27546330241249266
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Maria Ashworth,
Brett Heasman,
Laura Crane,
Anna Remington
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- Neurodiversity
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- SAGE Publications
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Abstract
Employers’ knowledge about autism can be a key barrier to autistic people obtaining employment. The current study evaluated the efficacy of an online autism training program, Understanding Autism in the Workplace, in changing employers’ autism knowledge and commitment to inclusion in the workplace. Employers (N = 129) from 22 organizations in the UK completed the training with an autistic (n = 45) or non-autistic (n = 84) trainer and completed surveys measuring (1) autism knowledge and (2) commitment to inclusion in the workplace (CIW), before and after the training. Results showed that at a group level, autism knowledge and CIW improved from before training to after training for all participants, for both the autistic and non-autistic trainer. This latter result may be attributable to the training being co-designed by autistic people. At an individual level, however, only a minority of participants (both with an autistic and non-autistic trainer) showed a significant increase in autism knowledge (10.1%) and CIW (5.8%), suggesting autism training was more effective for some participants than others. Autism training should not be the sole initiative to address barriers to employment for autistic people but should be part of a broader package of support for employers.
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