A new review designed to boost the employment prospects of autistic people has been launched by the UK Government to spread opportunity and grow the economy. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride MP, has appointed Sir Robert Buckland KC MP to lead the independent review, which will consider how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can work with employers to help more autistic people realise their potential and get into work.
People with autism have particularly low employment rates with fewer than three in 10 in work, however, the Buckland Review of Autism Employment, supported by the DWP and Autistica is aiming to change that. The research and campaigning charity has called for a doubling of the employment rate for autistic people by 2030.
The Review will ask businesses, employment organisations, specialist support groups and autistic people to help identify the barriers to securing and retaining work and progressing with their careers.
