From environmental niches to unique contributions: Reconsidering fit to foster inclusion across neurotypes
From environmental niches to unique contributions: Reconsidering fit to foster inclusion across neurotypes
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从环境利基到独特贡献:重新考虑适合性以促进跨神经类型的包容性
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10.1017/iop.2022.98
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2023
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通讯作者:
Rosen, Christopher C.
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作者:
Ezerins, Maira E.;Vogus, Timothy J.;Gabriel, Allison S.;Simon, Lauren S.;Calderwood, Charles;Rosen, Christopher C.
Much research has focused on the challenge of fit between people and organizations (Kristof, 1996). Given the prevalence of unemployment and underemployment, the challenge of both finding fit between oneself and one’s organization, and being seen as fitting in, is especially acute for neurodivergent job candidates and employees. Building on LeFevre-Levy and colleagues (2023), in the current commentary, we emphasize how despite the growing acceptance of the social model of disability and increasingly positive views of neurodivergent strengths (eg, den Houting, 2019), research and practice need to move beyond finding niches within neurotypical systems where neurodivergent people can exist and thrive to systems that are collaboratively constructed across neurotypes. This means extending opportunities beyond well-publicized, specialized neurodiversity hiring initiatives that in total employ fewer than 1,500 globally (Bernick, 2021). Doing so requires better understanding the underpinnings of “misfit” for neurodivergent individuals and identifying what makes for the right workplace conditions to redress it. To advance this discussion, we articulate how the “double empathy problem”(Milton, 2012) and the heterogeneity of neurodivergent populations (Bury et al., 2019) requires rethinking traditional—and, most frequently, neurotypical—approaches to fit in research and practice.The double empathy problem and neurodivergent heterogeneity Misfit for neurodivergent individuals is rooted in the “double empathy problem,” or the disconnect in understanding across neurotypes (Milton, 2012). Here, neurodivergent—notably individuals on the autism spectrum—and neurotypical individuals see and experience the world in different ways and, as a result, often have difficulty empathizing with and understanding one another. The lack of empathic understanding means that organizations and individuals have different understandings of workplace expectations, relationships, and what makes a “good employee”(Martin et al., 2022). In addition, forms of neurodiversity like autism have a great deal of heterogeneity in their manifestation (Bury et al., 2019), with corresponding heterogeneity in employment preferences. A recent study of autistic university students found that—despite most neurodiversity hiring initiatives being focused on roles in information technology—employment in a helping-oriented role was most preferred compared to a computing or math-based profession (Cheriyan et al., 2021). In actuality, the abilities and aspirations of neurodivergent individuals are as varied as neurotypicals. As such, the double empathy problem suggests that neurotypical efforts to identify domains for neurodivergent employment may be based on misunderstanding. Further, the vast heterogeneity across the interests, needs, and preferences of neurologically diverse
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