{"id":3424,"date":"2025-04-03T15:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:18:23","slug":"why-to-hire-autistic-creatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"A
“I’m not.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It\u2019s World Autism Month, also called Autism Acceptance Month<\/a>, which is great. I think knowing more about autism, and being more accepting of autistic people, is great. Let\u2019s do that. Let\u2019s do it all month! Let\u2019s do it in the rest of the months, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing common to Autism Month, particularly in the creative industry, is posts extolling the benefits of autistic employees. We\u2019re creative problem solvers, and we have different perspectives, and we\u2019re more focused, and we\u2019re more honest, and we\u2019re a secret weapon and office diversity is good and companies are more profitable when they\u2019re more neurodiverse, and cool, I\u2019m glad we can be such an excellent tool to improve your productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 Sorry. It\u2019s kind of a sensitive point for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to all that, autistic people are also human beings who, when qualified to be hired for jobs, should be hired for jobs because they\u2019re qualified. But a lot of myths and misconceptions can stand in the way of autistic people getting hired, or get them hired for a job that isn\u2019t a good fit. So I\u2019m going to share some fun facts about autism you might not know, and fix some of those misconceptions you might have been carrying around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Autism Fact: We\u2019re all individuals.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t think anyone would openly, consciously<\/em> assume autistic people are all the same, any more than people would assume that about any other group. But subconsciously, yeah, maybe. But, in fact, we are all individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve met one autistic person, you\u2019ve met one autistic person. (IYMOAPYMOAP.) While an autism diagnosis is based on certain common criteria, the actual experience<\/em> of being autistic varies greatly. And we don\u2019t all think the same, either \u2014 the autistic community doesn\u2019t even agree on some basic topics like what terminology to use. We have different talents and qualities and face different challenges and require different levels of support. (That\u2019s how it\u2019s discussed, btw, in terms of high or low support needs rather than \u201chigh-functioning\u201d or \u201clow-functioning\u201d \u2014 I\u2019ll touch on it in a minute.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You haven\u2019t met \u201can autistic person,\u201d you\u2019ve met Steve. And while hopefully meeting Steve has made you more aware of some of the nuances of autism, if you meet Annette and say, \u201cHey, want to talk about trains?\u201d she’ll probably look at you like you\u2019re on drugs, and she\u2019ll be within her rights to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misconception Fix: We are, in fact, like, regular people.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I mentioned the posts talking about hiring autistic people and our different way of thinking, different perspectives, creative problem-solving skills, and so on. And while that\u2019s not untrue, it also makes me cringe a little (even when it\u2019s posted by an autistic person \u2014 we don\u2019t always agree!) because I don\u2019t want to be hired for my Autism Superpowers \u2014 I want to be hired for my talent. Autism is a thing that happened to me, but my exceptional copywriting work is something I nurtured myself. Y\u2019know, like a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiring autistic people for our autistic traits gets kind of dehumanizing. It turns us into \u201csecret weapons\u201d or assets or creativity generators to be pumped for our brilliance. It\u2019s great to make an effort to include people of all neurotypes in your hiring method, and it\u2019s cool to highlight the strengths common to autistic people and not just the challenges. Just remember that when it comes down to it, we\u2019re people, and you should hire autistic people as people who are good at their job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Autism Fact: The \u201cspectrum\u201d isn\u2019t that<\/em> kind of spectrum.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People often imagine the \u201cautism spectrum\u201d as a straight line from \u201cbarely even autistic\u201d to \u201cwow, hella autistic,\u201d but it\u2019s not like that. You can think of it more like a color wheel \u2014 autistic people all have different traits and challenges that we exhibit to different degrees. Executive function, language, cognitive function, sensory issues \u2014 an autistic person might have major issues with some and minor issues with others, affecting their lives in different ways, so trying to identify what configurations might qualify as \u201cmore autistic\u201d or \u201cless autistic\u201d doesn\u2019t really work out. (Nor does \u2014 sorry, folks \u2014 \u201ceveryone\u2019s a little autistic.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autism is also usually accompanied by what I like to call ride-alongs (because \u201cco-occurring conditions\u201d is a mouthful.) Technically, diagnostically, autism is characterized by social challenges and repetitive behaviors, and most of the other traits we experience are kind of bolted on, like intellectual disabilities, ADHD, sensory issues, learning disabilities, and so on. They come so frequently attached to autism that we don\u2019t even usually discuss it in terms of autism and [insert commonly associated conditions]<\/em> \u2014 they\u2019re just \u201cautism things,\u201d and different people experience them to different degrees. So: wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misconception Fix: What you\u2019re seeing on the surface isn\u2019t, in fact, necessarily what\u2019s going on underneath.<\/h2>\n\n\n
\n
\"A
\u201cAm I doing it right? Do I look normal?\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t to say autistic people are, like, dishonest or secretive or something. Autism is just very much an inside thing, and neurotypical people tend to like making assumptions based on outsides. It\u2019s easy to assume a person with a flatter affect doesn\u2019t actually have emotions going on, isn\u2019t excited or upset, but they very well could be \u2014 it\u2019s just going on inside, even if it\u2019s not showing a lot on the outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s easy to assume a person who\u2019s slow to process information or answer questions isn\u2019t that bright, but that\u2019s probably untrue \u2014 the information is probably in there, but it\u2019s hard for the person to access, and you could get some really good ideas if you\u2019re patient and give them a minute. And it can be particularly easy to look at a nonspeaking person and assume that because don\u2019t speak, they don\u2019t have anything to say, but you could be very wrong about that \u2014 there could be plenty going on in there, and they just need a method other than the spoken word to express it. (I mentioned \u201chigh performing\u201d and \u201clow performing\u201d \u2014 they can make it easy to miss the struggles of a \u201chigh performer\u201d or the potential of a \u201clow performer,\u201d so talking about levels of support needs puts the focus on the needs of the autistic person rather than the visible, potentially misleading \u201cperformance.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it\u2019s a little bit of work to learn this novel and unfamiliar way of reading people. (I\u2019ll touch on that<\/em> in another<\/em> minute.) But it\u2019s worth the effort. And God knows we\u2019re doing work on our end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Autism Fact: Boy howdy, are we doing work on our end.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A lot of that work is called \u201cmasking,\u201d which is, consciously or unconsciously, working to hide our autistic traits and appear \u201cnormal.\u201d Forcing eye contact when it\u2019s uncomfortable, forcing ourselves to tolerate intolerable sensory stimuli, suppressing stims, and mentally scripting social interactions to avoid seeming awkward are just a few examples of the way many autistic people try to put on a neurotypical front for your benefit. That\u2019s why \u201clack of eye contact = dishonest\u201d and \u201ccamera-off meetings = slacking\u201d can be unfair, if not a little bit hurtful \u2014 y\u2019all, for real, we\u2019re doing our best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a theory related to autism called the \u201cdouble empathy problem,\u201d which posits that social challenges aren\u2019t entirely on the autistic person failing to understand the person on the other end of the conversation \u2014 they\u2019re also on the other person in the conversation failing to try to understand the autistic person. It\u2019s like two people speaking different languages \u2014 if a Spanish-speaker is struggling to get their point across in English, you could say, \u201cEh, I don\u2019t understand you, laters,\u201d or you could learn a little Spanish<\/em> to better understand them and hold up your end of the communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I mean, a huge part of our job as advertising people is understanding our audience so we can effectively communicate our message to them. Maybe extend that effort to your autistic colleagues as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to hire autistic people<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This one has gotten a little bit challenging of late, since any active efforts you might undertake could get you accused of the dreadful DEI. (HORRORS. Put on pearls, and then clutch them.) But at the very least, you can make sure your hiring process takes into account the fact that not everyone you interview will be the same<\/em>. You might have already passed up on some talented creatives because their lack of eye contact or their struggle with small talk or their flattish affect made you overlook their actual talent. Rethink your standards for \u201cnailing the interview,\u201d and keep that in mind while you\u2019re interviewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s good to keep in mind that you might already have autistic employees and not know it \u2014 they might not have disclosed it to you, or might not even know. What to do about that? Provide accommodations<\/a> as if everyone<\/em> were autistic! Offer WFH options, make sure you have at least a few quiet spots in your trendy open office, make expectations clear and use consistent systems and processes. The cool thing about just about any disability accommodation is that they also benefit people who aren\u2019t disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, happy Autism Acceptance Month! And in case you were wondering, there\u2019s no better way to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month than to have a red velvet cake DoorDashed to your favorite autistic copywriter. Nothing says \u201cI embrace you\u201d* like a cake that has \u201cI embrace you\u201d written on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Figuratively. Hugs from strangers make me uncomfortable.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s World Autism Month, also called Autism Acceptance Month, which is great. I think knowing more about autism, and being more accepting of autistic people, is great. Let\u2019s do that. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[8,94,12,18,28,38],"class_list":["post-3424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oversharing","category-the-humanity","tag-ability-and-dis","tag-access","tag-agency-life","tag-communication","tag-egomania","tag-holiday-celebrate"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.) - Caperton Gillett | The Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.) - Caperton Gillett | The Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s World Autism Month, also called Autism Acceptance Month, which is great. I think knowing more about autism, and being more accepting of autistic people, is great. Let\u2019s do that. …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Caperton Gillett | The Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capertongcreative\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capertongcreative\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T20:18:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-03T20:18:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/all-individuals.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Caper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CapeGCreative\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Caper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Caper\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a8b294ce5e33f2905e82f8435c3650c4\"},\"headline\":\"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.)\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-03T20:18:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-03T20:18:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1654,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/all-individuals.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ability (and dis-)\",\"Access\",\"Agency life\",\"Communication\",\"Egomania\",\"Holiday! Celebrate!\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Oversharing\",\"The Humanity\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.) - Caperton Gillett | The Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/all-individuals.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-03T20:18:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-03T20:18:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/all-individuals.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/all-individuals.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"A screenshot from the movie \u201cMonty Python\u2019s Life of Brian\u201d showing a crowd of thousands of people clad in rough, drab clothes gathered under Brian\u2019s window, thinking he\u2019s the messiah. They\u2019ve just chanted, in one voice, \u201cYes! We are all individuals! We are all different!\u201d and then one man close to the front raised his hand and said, \u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Caperton Gillett | The Blog\",\"description\":\"A blog about advertising, copywriting, creativity &c.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Caperton Gillett Creative\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/cropped-site-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/cropped-site-icon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Caperton Gillett Creative\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/capertongcreative\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/acgillett\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a8b294ce5e33f2905e82f8435c3650c4\",\"name\":\"Caper\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/76a8676c5e46f71e04b1e36e7a86c8ed2ad109a4dac4e70e3842a19b1ead7279?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/76a8676c5e46f71e04b1e36e7a86c8ed2ad109a4dac4e70e3842a19b1ead7279?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/76a8676c5e46f71e04b1e36e7a86c8ed2ad109a4dac4e70e3842a19b1ead7279?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Caper\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/capertongcreative\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/acgillett\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/CapeGCreative\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/capertongillett.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/caper\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.) - Caperton Gillett | The Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.) - Caperton Gillett | The Blog","og_description":"It\u2019s World Autism Month, also called Autism Acceptance Month, which is great. I think knowing more about autism, and being more accepting of autistic people, is great. Let\u2019s do that. …","og_url":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/","og_site_name":"Caperton Gillett | The Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capertongcreative\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capertongcreative","article_published_time":"2025-04-03T20:18:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-03T20:18:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/all-individuals.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Caper","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CapeGCreative","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Caper","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/"},"author":{"name":"Caper","@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a8b294ce5e33f2905e82f8435c3650c4"},"headline":"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.)","datePublished":"2025-04-03T20:18:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-03T20:18:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/"},"wordCount":1654,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/all-individuals.jpg","keywords":["Ability (and dis-)","Access","Agency life","Communication","Egomania","Holiday! Celebrate!"],"articleSection":["Oversharing","The Humanity"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/","url":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/","name":"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.) - Caperton Gillett | The Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/all-individuals.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-03T20:18:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-03T20:18:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/all-individuals.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/all-individuals.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"A screenshot from the movie \u201cMonty Python\u2019s Life of Brian\u201d showing a crowd of thousands of people clad in rough, drab clothes gathered under Brian\u2019s window, thinking he\u2019s the messiah. They\u2019ve just chanted, in one voice, \u201cYes! We are all individuals! We are all different!\u201d and then one man close to the front raised his hand and said, \u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/why-to-hire-autistic-creatives\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/","name":"Caperton Gillett | The Blog","description":"A blog about advertising, copywriting, creativity &c.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Caperton Gillett Creative","url":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cropped-site-icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cropped-site-icon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Caperton Gillett Creative"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capertongcreative\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/acgillett\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a8b294ce5e33f2905e82f8435c3650c4","name":"Caper","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/76a8676c5e46f71e04b1e36e7a86c8ed2ad109a4dac4e70e3842a19b1ead7279?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/76a8676c5e46f71e04b1e36e7a86c8ed2ad109a4dac4e70e3842a19b1ead7279?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/76a8676c5e46f71e04b1e36e7a86c8ed2ad109a4dac4e70e3842a19b1ead7279?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Caper"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capertongcreative","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/acgillett\/","https:\/\/x.com\/CapeGCreative"],"url":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/author\/caper\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3424"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3431,"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions\/3431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capertongillett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}