The nation’s intelligence services are directly looking to recruit people with dyslexia and other neurological differences, the head of GCHQ has confirmed. UK intelligence services are actively seeking to employ neurodiverse people, such as dyslexics, to help with "campaigns around analytical skills". GCHQ head Jeremy Fleming told a Made By Dyslexia conference that the eavesdropper's dyslexic staff were useful at "joining the dots, simplification, seeing the bigger picture". The UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has also been looking into ways of using neurodiversity in its research.
UK intelligence services are actively seeking to employ neurodiverse people, such as dyslexics, to help with "campaigns around analytical skills". GCHQ head Jeremy Fleming told a Made By Dyslexia conference that the eavesdropper's dyslexic staff were useful at "joining the dots, simplification, seeing the bigger picture". The UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has also been looking into ways of using neurodiversity in its research.