Topics include the federal employment policies that require or enable neurodiversity programs in federal agencies. Image: Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffA new publication says that increasing the employment of neurodiverse persons in federal agencies could help address both their historic underemployment rate and the government’s shortages of workers with needed skills in certain areas.
“While challenges to staffing in mission-critical areas persist, many qualified neurodivergent people remain unemployed or underemployed, largely because of systemic barriers inherent in traditional employee recruitment and selection processes,” says a guide published by the Neurodiversity and Employment Initiative at the University of Washington along with the MITRE corporation and the Melwood non-profit.
“By reimagining federal recruitment and selection processes and building neuroinclusive culture and supports, the employment situation of neurodivergent people and the talent deficit in the federal workforce can be substantially improved,” says the publication, based on research and lessons learned, including initiatives in the Air Force, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NASA and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Topics include the federal employment policies that require or enable neurodiversity programs in federal agencies; what federal hiring authorities can be leveraged in neurodiversity hiring; the roles of different agency offices; planning an initiative; engaging employee resource groups and other stakeholders; and more.
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