The next frontier of diversity: Why it is time for the industry to recognise neurodiversity

IW and The Diversity Project launch new campaign

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Investment Week has always been incredibly passionate about diversity in all its forms, and in our view we have only succeeded in upping the ante in terms of helping to promote a more diverse asset management community over the past year.

It is always important, however, to never rest on one's laurels and feel as though you have "done enough". And so, we have launched a new series in partnership with The Diversity Project covering an area that we have admittedly lacked coverage on until now: neurodiversity. Inclusion for one and for all: Join the movement to bring about lasting change in the industry The term itself was coined by sociologist Judy Singer in the late 1990s who, as somebody on the autism spectrum herself, became an advocate of fighting stigma, and promoting inclusion in schools and in the workplace. ...

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