Submissions for the Research Conference are DUE by 5 pm PDT, Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

We welcome contributions in the following forms:

The primary criteria for acceptance of a submitted paper are the scientific quality of the paper and the potential contribution to neurodiversity employment research and practice. To this end, consider these three criteria:

Sharing your research and the lessons you learned from conducting that research is critical to the evolution of this area of study and contributes to the overall well-being of our scholarly community.  We invite submissions of complete research, research-in-progress, and research ideas and proposals. We welcome innovative, inspiring research with the aim to have a clear impact on the preparation, recruitment, persistence, and/or advancement of neurodivergent people in the workplace. Submitted work may be conceptual, analytical, design-oriented, or empirical in nature.

This year’s Conference theme centers on “Demonstrating Transformational Impact: moving from practice-based evidence to evidence-based practice.” Our keynote speaker and various panels will advance the community's understanding of and inspire research efforts to demonstrate impact systematically and critically to ensure the representation and empowerment of all community members and balance ecosystem stakeholders' perspectives equitably.

The Neurodiversity at Work Research Conference will be in person this year at the University of Maryland campus in College Park, MD, USA, on May 30 and 31, 2024. There will be no hybrid or remote option though we will provide recordings of the presentations through the conference website afterwards. 

Our goal remains to build a community of people concerned with advancing research related to the preparation and employment of autistic individuals and convey these concerns to others in the community. The conference aims to

1. Provide a collaborative space for scholars to share their work and receive constructive feedback in order to advance neurodiversity employment research.
2. Further develop a research agenda to advance evidence-based practices to equitably include neurodivergent people in the workplace.