Start a Neurodiversity Hiring Process Redesign Consultancy

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   Learn where the process creates barriers

   Traditional hiring (behavioral interviews, group assessments, timed tests, ambiguous job descriptions) systematically screens out neurodivergent candidates including those with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and dyspraxia, not because they cannot do the work but because the process tests the wrong things. Understanding exactly where and how the barriers appear, from job description through onboarding, is the expertise you sell.

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   Build the audit methodology

   The engagement starts with an accessibility audit of the client's current process end to end. Build a repeatable audit that identifies barriers at each stage and maps them to specific fixes. The audit is both your first deliverable and your best lead magnet when offered as a complimentary review.

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   Design the redesigned process

   Redesign job descriptions to be clear and concrete, replace or supplement unstructured behavioral interviews with skills-based assessments, work samples, or structured tryout days, and build a workplace-accommodation framework for sensory and communication needs. Ground the design in ADA reasonable-accommodation requirements. This redesigned process is the core value you deliver.

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   Train the hiring managers

   A redesigned process fails if managers run it the old way. Build training on neurodiversity awareness, inclusive interviewing, and accommodation best practices. Manager enablement is a distinct, billable phase and it is what makes the redesign actually stick.

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   Partner for credibility

   Build relationships with neurodiversity advocacy organizations or occupational therapists. These partnerships strengthen your methodology, lend credibility with clients, and can provide candidate pipelines when the client is ready to hire.

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   Sell to precision-role employers

   Target technology, financial services, healthcare analytics, and any employer with roles that reward precision, consistency, and deep focus. Lead with: your hiring process was built for one type of thinker and is screening out some of the most talented people in the market. Offer a free accessibility review to open the door.

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   Price in phases and keep placements separate

   Structure the engagement in milestones (audit, redesign, training, implementation) with a project fee, and if you also source neurodiversity-specific candidates, charge a placement premium separately rather than bundling. The redesigned process becomes a moat: you often become the only firm that knows how to recruit through the system you built.

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Best for: HR and talent professionals who can redesign a hiring process and train managers to run it

Not for: Not for anyone who wants to place candidates rather than rebuild processes; this is a redesign consultancy, not a staffing agency. Not for people unwilling to learn the substance of neurodiversity and accommodation. And not for someone who treats it as a compliance checkbox, because the value is a genuinely better process that surfaces stronger hires.