Reasonable accommodation in Hong Kong isn’t a nice-to-have. Under the Disability Discrimination Ordinance (DDO), you can’t refuse to hire, promote or keep an employee with a disability because they need adjustments to do the job, unless those adjustments would cause...
Autistic masking in the workplace is more common than most employers realise. It means hiding neurodivergent traits to get through the workday — and according to research, it’s costing autistic employees their health. A 2023 qualitative study by Pryke-Hobbes et...
A 2025 study led by the Chinese University of Hong Kong found that 2.57% of children and youths aged 6 to 17 in Hong Kong are autistic — a rate similar to the US, UK, and Australia. Autism isn’t rare here. It’s underdiagnosed. Hong Kong’s Census and...
Most people picture a wheelchair when they hear the word “disability.” But hidden disability in Hong Kong is far more common than that image suggests — and far less understood. A significant number of disabilities are invisible. You can’t see them....
Most spaces aren’t designed with neurodivergent people in mind. Bright lights. Crowded rooms. The unspoken expectation to perform and engage on everyone else’s terms. The connection between art and neurodiversity in Hong Kong is starting to change that....
