in Action The Workplace The Neurodiverse are leaders in technology and business Steve Jobs Apple Mac Bill Gates Microsoft City University report 35 o f entrepreneurs are dyslexic Professor Logan 2009 ID: 513591
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Neurodiversity in Action
The WorkplaceThe Neurodiverse are leaders in technology and businessSteve Jobs (Apple Mac) Bill Gates (Microsoft)City University report - 35% of entrepreneurs are dyslexic (Professor Logan 2009)Own more than one business- grow them more quicklyStart their businesses right after schoolExcel in oral communications, problem solving, delegation, and spatial awareness300,000 dyslexic entrepreneurs (Halfpenny, J Halfpenny C. 2012)Slide2
YET there are still barriers
The Neurodiverse face barriers due to the lack of understanding of skills and abilities by employers, networks, educationalists, businesses and policy makers Source; In their Element the case for investing in DyslexicEntrepreneurs. (Halfpenny & Halfpenny 2012)Slide3
Neurodiverse Talents
ResilienceMental flexibility Ability to overcome difficultiesProblem solvingSpot opportunitiesDevelop visionForm relationships to motivateNegotiate and delegateSlide4
A new approach to the workplace
‘There is an urgent need for comprehensive methods of intervention and remediation” An innovative approach such as focusing on end results, rather than the methods applied John Cass Business School in 2011Slide5
We know the barriers
Forms and applications Communication interactions- email- interviewsIncremental loss of confidence to achieve abilityIssues around disclosure Training which requires functional Maths/English in a linear based exam tests - The new ApprenticeshipsLack of consistency in systems : Access to Work- JCP-recruitmentSlide6
The Loss to the nation
This situation has significant economic repercussions with the Dyslexia Institute in 2007 estimating that unrecognised dyslexia cost the UK economy £1 billion per year World Foundation data in 2015 - 20% of the UK's population is estimated to be functionally illiterate Slide7
The Loss to the nation
This situation has significant economic repercussions with the Dyslexia Institute in 2007 estimating that unrecognised dyslexia cost the UK economy £1 billion per year World Foundation data in 2015 - 20% of the UK's population is estimated to be functionally illiterate Source: Economic and social cost of illiteracySlide8
The cost
Cost to the UK economy approximately £81 billion each yearThe highest cost in Europe (World Foundation)Poor literacy and numeracy is ruining lives and is linked with an array of poor life outcomes, such as poverty, unemployment, social exclusion, crime and long term illness. (IoE) Slide9
Systems need consistency
Access to Work are still requiring assessments for medical evidence of a condition. Any case studies are now sent to DAN to forward to AtW (DAN 2016)JCP- disability advisors are being phased out to be employment coaches with an emphasis on internet job searchFor those who do not have the literacy abilities/ and no IT skills- this means they are marginalized. (the poor & elderly)Slide10
Parliamentary question-Tabled on: 13 November 2015
Question:To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprentices who have dyslexia have received support from the Access to Work fund in each of the last five years. Answer:The overall number of people with dyslexia who are helped by Access to Work has been steadily increasing. In 2014/15, 4,560 people who reported dyslexia as their primary condition were supported by the scheme.Slide11
The NEETs
The EHRC Triennial Review Developing the Employment Evidence Base (Policy Studies 2010) states that having a disability doubles the incidence of *NEET status compared with those without*NEET- Not in Employment, Education or TrainingSlide12
We have increasing extremes
Those who have and those who have notThe Neurodiverse if not given opportunities earlier in life have a higher chance of unemploymentYet there is little data to tell us the actual figuresSystems that lack consistencyDespite this the Neurodiverse contribute substantially to this economy Slide13
What is wanted
Accessible dataWorkplace based on results not methodsConsistent systems for support in employmentA group of Blue Chip businesses which sign up to all of the aboveSlide14
A Vision
In 50 years the world could be a very different place. Text speak communications through mobile devices will be the preferred form of communications with no more paper letters. Spelling will no longer be so important due to the speed of communication and the requirement for bite sized chunks of information to convey immediate messages. It will be vital to be up to speed within a world of global communications.