Employer that only employs neurodivergents?

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Hello! I was wondering about something recently: Especially considering the many difficulties that neurodivergents have in getting or keeping jobs, is it realistically feasible to start up a new company or organization that is run by neurodivergents, and that ONLY employs neurodivergents, no neurotypicals at all?

If the answer is no, then why not? What are the problems that prevent it in real life?

Other than small businesses, neurotypical companies appear to be usually run by either charismatic narcissists or psychopaths, because NT's tend to fight, backstab, and/or exploit each other in a so-called "polite" manner with certain social rules. It seems that NT's require their leader to be either a charismatic narcissist or a psycopath in order to hold them together in a group of unwilling or poorly-cooperative team members. NT's seem to insist on organizing themselves into hierarchies of exploitation (sometimes called "modern slavery").

What about neurodivergents? Realistically, would a pure ND company survive? Or would it also be subject to the fighting and backstabbing, and end up requiring a narcissistic or psycopathic leader to hold it all together just like typical companies?

What if the idea is to make the company all high-IQ staff? Actually I already know the answer to this one: High IQ alone doesn't prevent fighting, and sometimes it even encourages it. High IQ psychopaths also exist. The only chance is an ND company NOT based on IQ, but would it realistically succeed?

Or are all human companies doomed to be led by charismatic narcissists and psychopaths because nobody is truly willing or able to work for mutual benefit?

Multiple times in my life, I've suggested mutual benefit, and the NT's always said yes and seemed happy, but every time the result was that they thought that "mutual benefit" means that I should do 90% of the work and let the NT's enjoy a free ride. Shockingly, the less work they did, the more of the money they demanded to have. That has been my experience multiple times.

I've been cheated and exploited so many times that I'm no longer willing to work with or for any NT's. Thus I think of the possibility of working exclusively with ND's, but ND's are also humans, and all humans have substantial psychological problems of one kind or another. Can an all-ND company function successfully, or would it become corrupt for the same reasons as an NT company, or would it fail for different reasons? Do any solutions exist?

Is working alone as a one-person business the only realistic solution? Working alone has advantages and disadvantages. It's often difficult to be successful when you must do everything yourself, alone. Obviously teams can accomplish more, but every team that I ever experienced had major dysfunction and was psychologically unhealthy.

For example, at the bottom of this WP page:
https://wrongplanet.net/look-work-four- ... tely-know/

It says:

What is more likely: Qualified ND personnel are more difficult to find and manage than qualified NT personnel.  In all my years of interviewing candidates, not one has "come out" as neurodivergent, even when asked about any need for special accommodations.  A few employees that I suspected of being on the spectrum were somewhat disruptive and inconsistent.

(I did ask a few of them, "Have you heard of Alex Plank?"; but they all said, "No".)

Nothing prevents it except wealth, you know.

Stop making these fantasies, or post them on the fiction forum. In fact the inverse is true, If you have ND, you are not hired, why else have at least 5 employers had complete softball questions under auspices of an interview so that they could see whether I was autistic or not, so they could reject my application.

This company only employs ASD people https://auticon.com/

There's a cafe in Palo Alto like that (Ada's Cafe. I can't post links as a new user). I liked their food and honestly didn't notice it being different from any other cafe, except they openly stated they hire people with disabilities. It maybe wasn't entirely mental health related but it certainly seems feasible.

Here is an old Wrong Planet thread on autistic-friendly workplaces.

Short answer - no I don’t know of a company that just hires people an the spectrum. If you want to be employed by someone you need to recognize two things - one the person who hires you is a person and if you are not the only employee your co workers are people too - the boss has a right to want people skills in an employee. ND or autism - pick your word - you ( and I ) have difficulty with people skills.

The other thing is that if you want to get paid the money has to come from some place. Usually the boss wants to get paid too.
If the company doesn’t take in more than it pays in salaries or hourly wages it has no real reason to exist.

If you want to avoid all that you want self-employment - and it ain’t easy. And you will still want customers. Who will want value for the dollar. You can create an eBay account today and start selling.

I work with computers because I am not good with people. But there are still people at every job I ever had. So my goal is to try to grow my people skills too - progress not perfection.

My son just got a job at Amazon in a warehouse - the seem to be Autism friendly / ADHD friendly

List of employers who are autism friendly