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# Amaze A+ Employer Program

**Gordon Geraghty** — Amaze A+ Employer Program, Amaze. Served on the Autistic Employee Advisory Group. We co-built neuroinclusive hiring frameworks that were adopted across the media industry. Result: Advisory board.

**Amaze · mental-health**

## Results — Amaze A+ Employer Program

Advisory board

Since February 2023 I have sat on [Amaze](https://www.amaze.org.au/)'s Autistic Employee Advisory Group for the A+ Employer Program, an education initiative designed with autistic people to help employers build genuinely neuroinclusive workplaces. I have also been a board adviser to [Amaze](https://www.amaze.org.au/) since 2022.

### The work

The advisory group ensures the program is shaped by autistic people, not just about them. Together, we built neuroinclusive hiring frameworks that media agencies are actually using.

The most visible adoption came through GroupM: [EssenceMediacom](https://www.essencemediacom.com/), [Mindshare](https://www.mindshareworld.com/) and [Wavemaker](https://wavemakerglobal.com/) piloted the [A-Plus Inclusion program](https://www.amaze.org.au/) starting in [Neurodiversity Celebration Week](https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/) to support [GroupM's 16-point Disability Action Plan](/work/groupm-amaze). I helped connect the two organisations.

### Why it matters

A-Plus Inclusion is an education initiative designed with autistic individuals — and programs designed with the people they serve close gaps in ways top-down policy cannot.

**Tags:** Advocacy, Neuroinclusion

[External link](https://www.amaze.org.au)