It’s not news to anyone in the autism community that, for many people with autism, finding a job after high school is stacked with obstacles. Project SEARCH is working to eliminate those obstacles. Project SEARCH is an innovative program that provides real-life work experience for people with disabilities. It originated at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical…
Meet Amanda Rioux, OAR’s new Hire Autism manager. She started the job on May 22 and dove right in by meeting one of the successful hires at a business partner site within weeks of being hired. That meeting exemplifies what excites her most about her position: directly connecting individuals with autism to meaningful employment opportunities…
Knowing what to do and say can be hard, inside and outside of the office. Take this quiz to see how you handle some of the tricky situation you can run into on the job!
Since October, Hire Autism has helped 17 individuals find meaningful work in a variety of positions. In addition to the registration processes for jobseekers and employers, the website features links to many autism-friendly employers and an average of 25 available jobs listed weekly. After wrapping up its demonstration phase this summer, Hire Autism will expand…
Having a stable job can greatly contribute to a person’s sense of well-being, purpose, and independence. Historically, that stable job has eluded many young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with approximately one in five adults with ASD unemployed and nearly half in residence with a family member, according to a recent study detailed in…
Since its debut last year during Autism Awareness Month, OAR’s employment initiative, Hire Autism, has grown with more than 100 applicants, 31 employers, and an average of 25 jobs weekly. Most important, since October, Hire Autism has helped 13 individuals with autism find jobs. The program continues to serve the Northern Virginia area, with plans to…
This blog is a cross-post from the The Hire Autism Blog. It was originally published on Linkedin. In the article, Microsoft Wants Autistic Coders. Can It Find Them And Keep Them?” Vauhini Vara reported: “ . . . millions of adults with autism often find themselves in a difficult bind. They struggle to get and keep jobs…
This post was originally published on the author’s website and is re-posted here with permission. Less than a third of all autistic adults are employed, either full-time or part-time. Less than a third. That means out of 3.5 million people with autism, only about 1 million of those people are employed. Most of them aren’t making…
When Eunice Lin Nichols, vice president and campaign director for Encore.org’s Generation to Generation initiative, announced Hire Autism as the winner of the People’s Choice prize to an audience of 150 Encore Conference attendees in Boston last month, they erupted with applause and cheers. Naina Chernoff, long-time OAR supporter and autism mom who had delivered…
My employer, JPMorgan Chase & Co., faces an immense challenge every single day. We need talented people—especially those with technology expertise—and we need them now. Our competitors in the financial services field are facing the same challenge, but we’re not just competing against them. We’re battling for talent with giant digitally oriented companies, small financial…
