The Neurodivergent Workforce No One Wants To Talk About | Danny Combs #461 | The Way I Heard It
He highlights the failure of traditional education and hiring models, advocating for competency-based trade training which has yielded an 83.4% sustained employment rate for his graduates compared to the 90% unemploymentsummaryTraditional education is criticized as a 'one-size-fits-all' model that fails neurodivergent learners; trade schools succeed because they offer tangible, real-time feedback and multi-sensory engagement (math, teamwork, ptakeawayThe 'cliff' occurs when autistic youth age out of school-based therapies (like ABA) at 21, leaving them without pathways to employment or further education.takeaway














