Executive Summary Approximately 65.6 million U.S. adults (around 20% of the U.S. population) are neurodivergent, an umbrella term that reframes autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, OCD, ADHD, and other cognitive differences not as handicaps, but as normal variations in how the human mind functions. The neurodivergent community, comprising roughly 20% of the U.S. workforce, is indispensable...

Even with 1 in 5 people being neurodivergent, this community still faces unemployment rates as high as 40%, according to the University of Connecticut’s Center for Neurodiversity and Employment Innovation. Creative Spirit’s HireDifferent study found that fewer than 12% of companies currently include neurodiversity in their hiring efforts. While 92% of employers have inclusion policies,...