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Greenlit: Employ Me BBC2
Employ Me w/t (3 x 60′) – Examines the life-changing stories of unemployed people in the UK struggling to find jobs because of a neurological condition.
From autism and Tourette Syndrome to ADHD and Down’s Syndrome, the series will follow qualified and/or capable people – many of whom have been trying to find work for years – as they try to overcome the hurdles of their condition, change employers’ perceptions, and hopefully land a job. At the series’ heart is a radical new emerging idea in science: that neurological conditions shouldn’t always be looked at in negative terms. Many conditions may mask talents and skills that UK employers would find invaluable if they only took time to discover them, or took a more inclusive approach to people with neurological disabilities.
Packed with emotion, warmth and humour, the series will follow a ‘neurodiverse’ range of unemployed people across the UK as they hunt for the job that fits their unique skillset, navigate the challenges of the interview process, and hopefully secure employment that will transform their lives.
It can be hard to find a job, but for those with neurological conditions it can be almost impossible. Those diagnosed with neurodiverse conditions are less likely to be employed than those with physical disabilities; the employment rate for people with autism, for example, is just 15 per cent. An entire section of society is unable to gain employment despite being qualified, skilled and desperate to earn a wage.
Some employers see only the potential problems that might come with employing people whose brains are wired differently – the deficits of their condition; but what if they looked at things from a completely different perspective? A pioneering new area of scientific thought is challenging the received wisdom that disability brings only deficits, documenting that there is another side to the coin: that many people with neuro-developmental conditions have strengths, not just disabilities.
Channel: BBC2
Producer: Optomen Televisins
TX: TBC
Source: BBC press release
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