Unemployable” to In-Demand: How Aspiritech Built a $6M Autistic-Led Tech Company

What if hiring autistic adults wasn’t about charity—but about brilliance, innovation, and real business results?

In this episode of Adulting with Autism, I sit down with Tara May, CEO of AspiriTech, a tech company with 90% autistic employees doing QA, cybersecurity, and data services across the country. What started at a kitchen table is now a $6M company proving what autistic talent can actually do when workplaces are designed differently.

Tara and I talk honestly about:

• Why autistic adults are still massively underemployed—and why that’s a business failure, not a talent issue

• How AspiriTech rethinks “disability” and centers strengths instead of deficits

• What employers get wrong about accommodations (and why most cost nothing)

• How autistic job seekers can advocate for themselves without burning out

• Why parents don’t need to panic when their autistic kid wants a nontraditional career

• Free, real-world pathways into cybersecurity and tech for autistic adults

This is not inspiration porn.
This is a real conversation about work, burnout, systems, and what actually works for autistic adults navigating employment.

If you’re autistic, a parent, an employer, or someone tired of being told to “just try harder,” this episode is for you.

🔗 Learn more about AspiriTech and their free cybersecurity academy: aspiritech.org