Around 1 in 5 of your people are neurodivergent.
Some of your people are neurodivergent. Some are raising a neurodivergent child. Both carry a load to work that is hard to see. Understanding Zoe helps you support them.
A calm, no-pressure chat about supporting your team.
The hidden fifth of every workforce
Your people carry more than you can see.
Deloitte (opens in new tab) estimates that 10 to 20 percent of people are neurodivergent.
They are already on your team. Some are neurodivergent. Some are raising a neurodivergent child. Both carry a load that is hard to see.
In Understanding Zoe's 2025 study of 1,091 Australian families, among the working parents raising a neurodivergent child:
9 in 10
feel misunderstood or invisible.
Making the Invisible Visible, 2025
27%
have turned down a promotion because of caregiving demands.
Making the Invisible Visible, 2025
33 hrs
a week on caregiving, on top of paid work.
Making the Invisible Visible, 2025
64%
are often exhausted, compared with 42% of other working parents.
Making the Invisible Visible, 2025
And 63% believe workplaces should offer structured support.
Making the Invisible Visible, 2025 (1,091 Australian families)
“My workplace said yes to flexibility, but every request still feels like asking permission to parent.”
Survey Respondent, Understanding Zoe Research 2025
The business case
Inclusion is a performance advantage, not a cost.
The wider evidence is clear. Support neurodivergent talent and your whole workplace performs better. Every figure below links to its source, so you can check it yourself.
Up to 92%
more productive, and 48% faster. That is how JPMorgan Chase's Autism at Work employees performed against their peers.
Source: JPMorgan Chase Autism at Work, via Autism SA (opens in new tab)
30%
more productive. Neurodiverse teams outperform others, on Spring Health's analysis.
Source: Spring Health (opens in new tab)
19%
more revenue. Organisations that actively promote inclusivity earn more.
Why it works
Why Understanding Zoe works
Understanding Zoe is a strengths-based neurodiversity workplace benefit for Australian employers. It supports your neurodivergent employees, and the parents and carers among them, with live webinars, expert resources and everyday guidance. You see the impact on your team, never anyone’s private data. It is built on Understanding Zoe’s 2025 study of 1,091 Australian families.
Live webinars for your team
Book a session led by neurodiversity specialists and our co-founders. Practical, warm and grounded in lived experience. Your neurodivergent employees and your working carers learn side by side.
Expert resources, ready when they need them
Strengths-based, expert-reviewed guidance your people can reach any time. No searching, no second-guessing. Support that meets each person where they are.
Employer insights, never private data
See the difference your benefit makes, in aggregate and anonymised. You understand the impact on your team. You never see anyone's personal information.
We partner with Parents at Work, running webinars with 600+ attendees, and have worked with teams at Telstra, Culture Amp and Camp Australia.
Your team's data, protected by design.
You, as the employer, have no access to any employee's Pip chats or personal data. None.
Trust is earned, so we show our working.
- Encrypted in transit and at rest.
- Stored in Australia (AWS Sydney).
- Protected to global security standards, including ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification.
- Granular permission controls. You decide who sees what.
- Your reports stay yours. Download or delete them anytime.
- Pip chats are private by design. Even the account owner cannot read a member's chats.
- Aligned with the Australian Privacy Principles.
Ready to support your people?
Bring a benefit your whole team can feel.
Support the neurodivergent people on your team, and the carers among them, with one calm benefit. Let us show you how it works for your workplace.