What SHL is Doing to Learn More About Neurodiversity

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Neurodiversity Research Program


In 2019, SHL established an industry-leading Neurodiversity Research Program aiming to ensure our talent assessments are fair, inclusive, and accessible for everyone, with a particular focus on the neurodivergent community.

Neurodiversity Research Program
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Assessing Neurodiverse Talent Report

Through our research, we are starting to understand the strengths and experiences of the neurodivergent talent pool. From our initial five studies, we have some informative findings. We continue to explore data across multiple sources to inform best practices. Read more about our research and key takeaways in our report.

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Neurodiversity Resource Collection

Further research is needed to better understand how inclusive assessment and selection programs can serve neurodivergent talent. We continue to explore a broader range of neurodivergent categories and additional assessment types. To find out more about SHL’s work in this area please visit our Neurodiversity resource collection.

Neurodiversity Collection

How You Can Help Drive Research

There are a number of ways you can help us evolve our assessments and approach to assessing neurodiverse talent.

Complete our practice tests and share details of your area of neurodiversity by filling in our accompanying disclosure form before the test and let us know your reactions in the short survey afterwards. This will help us better understand how individuals with various areas of neurodiversity perform and react to our assessments.

 

Share this site with other neurodivergent talent to help them benefit from this information and participate in this research.

If you would like to be contacted with the opportunity to be involved in SHL’s future research please share your details via our survey, and we may be in touch with opportunities to participate in our research in the future.

Share ideas of other research topics we can study using our short survey.

SHL's Comprehensive Resources for Neurodiverse Talent

Explore further information and additional resources.

 

 

 

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