BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH NEURODIVERSE EMPLOYEES

• A rising tide lifts all boats: Creating a better work environment for all by embracing neurodiversity
• Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms & Definitions
• Walgreens, Amazon and Wawa find success with the most-overlooked unemployed worker

EMPLOYMENT FOR AUTISTIC AND I/DD ADULTS

• Ascendigo Autism Services, Carbondale, CO
• Beloved Bath, Maplewood, NJ
• Brewability, Englewood, CO
• Community Support Services, Inc. (Supported Employment program), Gaithersburg, MD
• John's Crazy Socks, Farmingdale, NY
• KeyBank, Nationwide
• Let's Work for Good Inc./Popcorn for the People, Piscataway, NJ
• LUV Michael Granola, New York, NY
• OakLeaf, A Center of Excellence for Adults/United Cerebal Palsey of Greater Cleveland (UCP), Greater Cleveland, OH
• Special Kneads Bakery, Galva, IL
• Sunflower Bakery, North Bethesda, MD
• The Precisionists, Nationwide

NATIONAL DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
• American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) Foundation
• Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
• Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware
• National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP)
• National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD)
• National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
• National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
• National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
• Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Living at the University of Minnesota
• Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE USA)
• The Alliance For Citizen Directed Supports
• The Arc of the United States