{"id":3256,"date":"2015-04-03T07:34:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T05:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox-br.specialisterne.academy\/spl\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2020-10-14T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T10:03:26","slug":"un-employment-people-asd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/specialisternebrasil.com\/en\/un-employment-people-asd\/","title":{"rendered":"The UN and employment for people with ASD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, April, 2, the Word Autism Awareness Day, in the UN –organization that instituted the day in 2008<\/a>-, happened an event began dedicated to the employment of people with autism. Thorkil Sonne, founder of Specialisterne, took part in the conference and its planning.<\/p>\n

80% of adults with autism are estimated to be unemployed. In Europe, according to Autism Europe, the percentage is between 76% and 80%. But current researches indicate that the companies are noticing that some abilities possessed by people with ASD are more developed than in \u2018neurotypicals\u201d, like pattern recognition, logical thought or attention to detail.<\/p>\n

The path to an inclusive society<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ban Ki-moon launched a \u201cCall to Action\u201d on employment, inviting companies and governments to help and commit in hiring people with ASD, by reconsidering the way of seeing such people are viewed and dedicating time to acknowledge the condition, to create opportunities that can change their lives. \u201cTo know the talents of people with ASD, instead of focusing in the handicaps is essential to create a really inclusive society\u201d<\/strong><\/em>, said the Secretary-General of the UN.<\/p>\n

The keynote speaker, Jack Markell, the Governor of Delaware, explained that hiring people with ASD is not just a social matter, it also makes sense from an economic point of view, since they can aggregate much value. He praised the path initiated by Thorkil Sonne in 2004, when Specialisterne was created and demonstrated to the world that it was possible. Jack Martell enthusiastically supported the opening of the first Specialisterne office in the USA in 2013.<\/p>\n

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Thorkil Sonne, in his turn, told that many companies have vacant positions in IT. And, on the other hand \u201cthere are millions of people with ASD wanting to work, but only a few succeeded\u201d<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

In their search for talents, that companies must consider people with ASD and employ four basic values in the work environment:<\/p>\n