I’ve existed as an autistic person in a neurotypical world for over four decades, and it took me well into my third to...
All posts by Jaime A. Heidel
Why Your Autistic Employees May Turn Down Food at Company Events
Trigger warning: Food, eating, and eating disorders. For many people, regardless of neurotype, food is a sensitive...
5 Steps to Take Before You Fire Your Autistic Employee
As you know, when an autistic person gets on a subject, we get on a subject! When I wrote my first article for...
How to Move Beyond Autism Acceptance and Into True Autistic Inclusion
April is Autism Acceptance Month, and while acceptance is a step in the right direction, that’s all it is; a step. We...
Why Being Fired as an Autistic Person Has a More Harmful Impact Than Being Fired as a Neurotypical Person
If you’ve been reading my content for a while, you know I’ve already written about the trauma of being fired as an...
How the Autistic ‘Spiky Profile’ Creates an Expectation-vs-Reality Gap in the Workplace
If you've never employed an autistic person before, you may have some outdated ideas about our neurology that could...
What Your “Unapproachable” Autistic Employee Needs You to Understand
Many autistic employees are, unfortunately, reprimanded and fired from jobs due to what the neurotypical brain...
Vague Instructions Set Your Autistic Employees Up For Failure
“Just get it done when you can.” “It would be great if you could do this.” “The project is backed up.” The above...
10 Unfortunate and Unfair Reasons Autistic People Have Been Fired
Being fired unexpectedly is a traumatic experience. Not only does it mean you suddenly can’t pay your bills, it also...