Vast majority of autistic people unemployed 

Orla Moran, General Manager of IrishJobs.ie with Adam Harris, CEO of AsIAm, Ireland’s national autism charity. Both groups have teamed up to launch the Same Chance Commitment. Picture: Naoise Culhane

Employers are being urged to create autism-friendly workplaces by undertaking a new pledge.

It comes as research shows one in 65 people in Ireland is autistic with 85% of that number either unemployed or underemployed.