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Employers often don't respond well to disclosures about autism because they mistakenly think the employee wants workplace adjustments, when really they just want to be understood, a psychologist says.

Speaking to HR Daily about her recent research, Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice (ARCAP) lead researcher Dr Abigail Love notes that "every disclosure activity [is] a complex one".

"There are a lot of things to weigh up, so [people who are Autistic] not only need to way up how the other person will respond, but they also have to decide what was in it for them," she says...