Untapped Group

Bringing together organisations passionate about the integration of neurodiverse individuals in the workplace. Creating a sustainable neurodiverse employment ecosystem. Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment?” Neurodive... rsity is a way of thinking about neurological variations (such as Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia) as variations from the typical population, rather than a disability. Advocates for neurodiversity reject the idea that it is a problem to be 'fixed', but rather that we are all neurologically diverse in some way. Implementing various workplace accommodations, flexibility in the way we interact with others, and acceptance of neurodiversity as a way of life, would allow a meaningful percentage of the neurodiverse population to become valuable members of our working community. JPMorganChase completed a side-by-side comparison of a neurodiverse team with a neurotypical team, which indicated the neurodiverse team achieved 48% higher productivity. The 30 participants in the DXC Dandelion Programme in software-testing roles at Australias Federal Government Department of Human Services have demonstrated 30% higher productivity over other teams. A study by Curtin University in 2016, found that employing autistic adults benefited employees, employers and their organisations without incurring additional costs. In March 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that 85% of autistic people in the US are unemployed or underemployed and 60% of them have cognitive abilities at or above those of neurotypical people. Our mission is to build high-performing teams from groups of highly-skilled individuals. We are passionate about identifying commercially-compelling opportunities in organisations for neurodiverse teams and uncovering extraordinary individuals to form those teams. The identification of this untapped talent will be achieved via a growing neurodiversity hub ...Read More