Analysis December 2024: Adapting orchestral management for neurodivergent musicians
2024-11-22T09:44:00
The proportion of neurodivergent people in the music business is slightly higher than in the population as a whole. How can orchestral management make things easier for those people?
UK Music’s 2024 workforce diversity survey found that 16.5 per cent of respondents identified as neurodivergent. Either they have a clinical diagnosis for a neurodivergent condition such as autism or ADHD, are waiting for a diagnosis, or they strongly believe that they are neurodivergent but have not sought a diagnosis. This figure tracks slightly higher than the prevalence of neurodiversity in the UK population, which is estimated at one in seven people…