Stats across Australia and New Zealand reveal that autistic people are being left behind in the workplace - either not being used to their full capacity or simply struggling to be hired at all.
Dr Dana Ott is a Senior Management Lecturer from the University of Otago and is on a mission to help autistic employees not just survive, but flourish.
She's developed a new guide resource for Australia, that she hopes to replicate here in New Zealand, called the Autism Employment Playbook which acts as a guide for disability employment services.
Dana talks to Susie about the positive traits that autistic individuals bring to the workplace.
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