Susan Senator: Small Businesses by Autism/DD Families

Small Businesses by Autism/DD Families

The autism community is a force to reckon with. The self-advocates and families do not take anything lying down. There are a lack of gainful jobs for them, so many families and autistics create their own businesses. It seems like I am hearing about new small businesses every day.

I have begun compiling a list of these businesses—services and products—-that are autism-founded, autism-run. There are also other employees with other disabilities as well.

Send me your business, farm, restaurant, bakery, whatever and a link so I can list you here! Spread the word! The Autism Cottage Industry is booming!

Food

Power Cafe, Watertown MA
Chocolate Spectrum, Jupiter FL
Puzzles Bakery, Schenectady NY
SPAGnVOLA Chocolatiers, Gaithersburg MD
Lee & Marie’s Cakery, Miami FL
Stuttering King Bakery, Phoenix AZ
Whippourwill Bakery, Great Falls VA
Sugar Plum Bakery, Virginia Beach VA
Our Coffee With a Cause, Long Island NY
Soltane Bridges Cafe & Bakery, Phoenixville PA
SMILE Biscotti, Phoenix AZ
Baker’s Treat, Flemington NJ

Arts and Crafts

Gateway Crafts, Brookline MA
On the Spectrum Somewhere, Columbus OH
Memory Stones By Pete, Oxford PA
Blankets By Brent, PA
GirlAGain, White Plains NY
Chance on Main, Pennington NJ
Sam Tomasiello, artist, Holden MA
Tuckerboys Noveltees, on Etsy

Nurseries and Farms

Roses For Autism, Guilford CT
Arthur and Friends Hydroponics, Newton NJ
Juniper Hill Farms, PA
Red Wiggler Farm, Clarksburg MD

Books

[words] Bookstore, Maplewood NJ

Services

Rising Tide Car Wash, Parkland FL
Anthony At Your Service, Edmonton Alberta CA
Made By Brad, Edmonton Alberta CA
The Teaching Hotel, Muncie IN
Kevin’s Lawnmowing and Snow Removal Service, Fitchburg MA, 978-353-3064