Navigating Neurodiversity: Challenges and Opportunities

Every autistic person is different, with their own strengths and challenges. We shouldn’t be asking what jobs are suitable for them. Rather: How can we make this specific job suitable for this autistic person? The result is a thriving employee with unique abilities. On Big Ideas, we’ll debunk myths like that autistic people don’t recognise emotion or don’t have social skills. You can see how wrong this perception is in the ABC TV series The Assembly.

The Assembly on ABC iview

Speakers

Diana TanMacquarie University Autism and Education Researcher

Kate HalpinNeurodiversity Consultant and advocate with lived experience. Kate is the Director of Employ for Ability

Bill Shorten Minister for the NDIS 

Mel MacLeanHelium Pictures; Executive Producer of the ABC TV series The Assembly

Leigh Sales (host)Walkley award-winning journalist and broadcaster