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Analysis December 2024: Adapting orchestral management for neurodivergent musicians

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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…

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