‘I didn’t put my autism diagnosis on applications’: How neurodivergent people are tackling job discrimination

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After a difficult time at school where he was ostracised for his autism, Luke Gawthorn realised that in his career his condition could be his superpower.

When it came to finding a job, however, he said he was “anxious and scared” to disclose his neurodivergence for fear of being treated unfairly.