CareTrade and Employment Autism passionately believe that 'employment is the single biggest factor that will transform the life of an autistic person'
Our vision for the future is a world that embraces neurodiversity where all autistic people can lead a purposeful working life.

We have a clear purpose to...

• create employment opportunities for autistic adults

• engage employers to embrace neurodiversity in their workforce and give them the support to do so

• deliver training to provide autistic people the tools to reach their employment goals

The Challenge

• Just 3 in 10 autistic adults are in work, compared to 5 in 10 for all disabled people and 8 in 10 for non-disabled people

• Autistic graduates are twice as likely to be unemployed after 15 months as non-disabled graduates. Only 36% finding work in this period (statistics from the Buckland Review of Autism 2024)

• More than 1 in 100 of us are autistic

Autistic people are part of the wider neurodiverse community. There is strong evidence that with the right support, many more autistic adults are able and would like to work and that when given the opportunity they become valued employees and colleagues.

Our Impact

350 people supported

CareTrade has supported over 350 autistic Londoners and helped them prepare for, move towards, start or remain in work during our first 10 years.

50% TAP graduates in work

In the last 3 years, an average of 50% of The Autism Project graduates move into paid employment including one after lockdown.

2,000 employees reached through our autism awareness or neurodiversity training at partner organisations and conferences.

30 employer partners Partnered with GSTT since 2010 and Whittington Health since 2018, CareTrade & TAP now work with 30 employers and growing.

Watch videos from partners, parents and learners on both websites:

https://care-trade.org/
https://employmentautism.org.uk/