Please see the below call for papers for the Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop in June. The workshop is a great opportunity to connect with multi-disciplinary perspectives and current research on neurodiversity and employment. The extended deadline is 3 April, but if you need a bit more time, please reach out to the co-chairs.
Due to several requests DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 3, 2023 5PM.
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite you to participate in the 5th Annual Neurodiversity (previously Autism) at Work Research Workshop, co-sponsored by The University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, and The University of Maryland.
The Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop brings together leading scholars, neurodivergent leaders, and leading neurodiversity employers concerned with advancing neurodiversity employment research. Their work may relate to the preparation, recruitment, persistence, and advancement of neurodivergent individuals in the workplace.
This year, the workshop will focus on questions surrounding sustaining efforts that support effective and comprehensive approaches to education and employment that improve employment outcomes and the well-being of the neurodivergent community. Our goal is to build a community of people concerned with issues related to the preparation and employment of neurodistinct individuals and convey our discoveries to others in the community
1. Provide a collaborative space for scholars to share their work and receive constructive feedback in order to advance neurodiversity employment research
2. Further develop a research agenda to advance evidence-based practices to equitably include neurodivergent people in the workplace
Workshop Format
The Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop will be in person this year at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, WA, USA on June 20 and June 21, 2023. There will be no hybrid or remote option this year.
Call for Research Submissions
Sharing your research and the lessons you learned from conducting that research is critical to the evolution of this area of study and contributes to the overall well-being of our scholarly community. We invite submission of complete research, research-in-progress, and research ideas and proposals. We welcome innovative, inspiring research with the aim to have a clear impact on the preparation, recruitment, persistence, and/or advancement of neurodivergent people in the workplace. Submitted work may be conceptual, analytical, design-oriented, or empirical in nature. One goal of the workshop is to provide an opportunity to receive constructive feedback to advance and improve your work.
Evaluation Criteria
The primary criteria for acceptance of a submitted paper are the scientific quality of the paper and the potential contribution to neurodiversity employment research and practice. To this end, consider these three criteria:
- Relevance to the workshop: The extent to which a paper meets the workshop goals and may relate to the preparation, recruitment, persistence, and advancement of neurodivergent individuals in the workplace.
- Potential scholarly contribution: The scientific quality of the submission relative to the theoretical grounding and/or methodological clarity and empirical rigor as well as originality of the paper.
- Broader impact: The relevance of the work to neurodiversity employment practice and its potential for impact on society.
- Quality of presentation: The quality of the writing and organization of ideas and conclusions.
Each submission will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee.
Submission Format
We welcome contributions in the following forms:
- Complete research papers (5-10 pages)
- Research-in-progress papers (2-4 pages)
- Research ideas and proposals (1-2 pages)
All submissions must be written in English. They must include a title, a list of authors' names, affiliations, and email addresses, and a 200-word abstract. Papers should be single-spaced, single column, with a font size of 11-12 points. Papers that do not follow these formatting guidelines will be desk-rejected. For all paper forms, references are not counted in the page limit and may extend as many pages beyond the page limit as you need.
Papers submitted to the Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop must not have been published elsewhere while under consideration for the Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach of scientific ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases.
How to Submit
Submissions for the Research Workshop are DUE by 5pm PDT, Monday, April 3, 2023.
Papers should be submitted electronically to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nwrw2023.
Submissions should be uploaded in PDF or Microsoft Word formats.
Questions regarding submissions should be directed to Andrew Begel (email), the Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop co-Chair by email.
Registration
Registration for the Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop will open in early March and become accessible through the workshop website. Registration is open to neurodiversity researchers only. The cost will be $150.
Please feel free to distribute the invitations to others who are interested in research related to neurodiversity employment.
We hope that you will consider joining us for our 5th Annual Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop. For more information on the Workshop, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Regards,
Neurodiversity at Work Research Workshop Co-Chairs
Hala Annabi (email), University of Washington
Andrew Begel (email), Carnegie Mellon University
Kathryn Dow-Burger (email), University of Maryland Autism Research Consortium
Hala Annabi, PhD
Associate Professor
MSIM Chair
iSchool - University of Washington
www.linkedin.com/in/HalaAnnabi
