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Why disclose your disability information? This month, Catherine Bean from the AF Diversity and Inclusion working group tells us why it’s important to

By Daniel Shiloh and Jacob Cole, Office for National Statistics In the autumn of 2020 over 1000 government analysts responded to the coding in analysis and research survey (CARS). We were interested in how they use code and how much they knew about using software engineering practices to improve quality and efficiency in their analysis. Below are some things we’ve learned so far. Keep in mind: our sample is not necessarily representative and is likely to over-represent people interested in coding. 1. People’s coding skills get better with practice The more people use code in their work, t...

Neurodiversity in the workplace From: 7 April 2021 Catherine Bean, a Fast Stream social researcher at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is a member of the Analysis Function Diversity and Inclusion working group, and co-chair of the ONS Neurodiversity Support group. Here Catherine tells us what life is like for her working in ONS; “You probably can’t tell by looking at me, but my brain works very differently to yours. If you were to meet me, you’d probably notice that I’m short and my hair is in a bob. You might notice that I don’t often make eye contact. But you won’t s...