ASECAM and Fundación Talento Divergente Back Neurodiversity as a Business Asset
The Camp de Morvedre business association and Fundación Talento Divergente have signed a collaboration agreement to bring neurodivergent workers into local companies.
ASECAM (Asociación de Empresarios del Camp de Morvedre — the main business association for the Sagunto region) and Fundación Talento Divergente have signed a cooperation agreement to promote neurodiversity as a source of innovation and competitiveness. Cristina Plumed, president of ASECAM, and Flavia Sosa, chair of the foundation's board, signed the document at the association's offices. Under the agreement, member companies will receive training and advice on hiring and including neurodivergent employees, and joint workshops will be organised to raise awareness across the sector. The foundation argues that profiles with autism type 1 or high intellectual capacity often bring hyper-focus, systematic thinking and strong pattern recognition — skills well suited to technology-driven environments. The concept of neurodiversity was first used publicly in 1998 by journalist Harvey Blume and sociologist Judy Singer, who framed neurological differences as natural human variation rather than deficits. The deal comes as the Camp de Morvedre area sees major industrial growth, including the PowerCo (Volkswagen Group) battery gigafactory, which will require diverse technical talent. More at asecam.com.