Autism and entrepreneurship: An examination of the effectiveness of self-employment as a model to address the economic isolation experienced by individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

• Main Author: Knott, Gregory
• Other Authors: Marcy, Richard
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: autism; entrepreneurship; self-employment; autism spectrum disorder; aspergers; disability; employment; Newfoundland; Canada; Grim; Turcotte; Shattuck
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/9203

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are more socially isolated and economically disadvantaged than their peers with other developmental disorders and much greater than the general population (Roux, Shattuck, Rust, Rava, Anderson, 2015, p. 16). Specific data related to the numbers of empl...