Resources – Business Scholars and Management Experts
Resources for Employers
Resources for Employers
Resource Videos
Tip Sheets
Managing Autistic Employees
Tip Sheet from Disability:IN
Autism and Employment
Neurodiversity & Autism at Work Playbooks
From the Disability:IN Website: The Neurodiversity @ Work Playbook: Employee Engagement & Growth Series augments the original Playbook by focusing on best practices and lessons learned related to supporting growth and advancement. This series includes research-based content combined with best practices and lessons learned from over 20 employers including neurotypical and neurodivergent program leads. Organizations interested in enhancing their culture to be more neuroinclusive will benefit from the guidance provided throughout the entire series. Embracing neurodiversity in the workplace can help organizations tap into the unique perspectives, skills, and talents of neurodiverse employees, leading to increased creativity, innovation, and success.
From the Disability:IN Website: The Autism @ Work Playbook is the product of a collaborative research project, Autism-Ready Workplace: Creating and Sustaining Autism Hiring Initiatives, led by Dr. Hala Annabi, an associate professor at the University of Washington Information School. To create this guide, the ACCESS-IT Research Group at the Information School studied the Autism @ Work programs of four leading employers: Microsoft, SAP, JPMorgan Chase and EY.
Neurodiversity in the Workplace Self-Paced Curriculum
This program includes a series of six self-paced, interactive modules filled with useful activities and videos. The program is designed to assist human resource professionals, employers, supervisors, managers, co-workers, job coaches and counsellors, autistic employees, parents, students, and anyone interested in inclusive employment to learn practical strategies on how to support all employees to be successful on the job.
Resources for Job Seekers
Preparing for Employment
Job Coaching and Skills Determination
Looking to prepare yourself to find work? Or decide what type of work you would like? Check out our job coaching and skills determination resources.
Employment Assessment and Referral Program
Resources provided by the Frist Center to support the assessment and referral of future employees into the workforce.
Finding Employment
Partner Job Seeking
The Frist Center has partnered with Mentra, an exciting new online platform for neurodivergent job seekers to create an online profile that matches individual skills to available jobs. For example, the Frist Center and Mentra have helped dozens of individuals secure employment with partners such as Wells Fargo and The Precisionists, Inc. Please use this special link to set up a Mentra profile with special access provided by the Frist Center for Autism & Innovation.
Neurodiversity Employment Database
Our Neurodiversity Employment Database was created by Vanderbilt University undergraduate student Elizabeth Walther and tracks neurodiversity-friendly and neurodiversity-focused companies.
Currently Hiring
This page contains all of the hiring pages for our partner companies.
Additional Resources
As we learn of more resources to help in finding employment for those on the spectrum, we will update our site to reflect these resources.
Microsoft is committed to being inclusive of people with disabilities, including neurodiversity (with an Autism Hiring Program), and asks that anyone interested may learn more and apply on this website. They also have an Autism Employer Round-table Job Listing Site.
The Organization for Autism Research has created a collection of resources for autistic adults who are job-hunting. You can access those via their website, at this link.
Know Your Rights
Office of Disibility Employment Policy
The Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has a wide variety of useful resources for those seeking information and assistance.
