Neurodivergent-friendly career discovery
Pause-resume across multiple sessions, plain-language behavioural questions, calm-mode visual UX, identity-stable trait framing. Used by autism employment programmes, ADHD coaching practices, and dyslexia-friendly career counsellors.
Generic career assessments exclude many neurodivergent learners by assuming sustained-attention single-session completion, implicit social-context questions, time pressure, and visual-noise UX. JobCannon for Neurodivergent Programmes deploys against those failure modes. Modular 10-15 minute assessment chunks with pause-resume across multiple sessions fit ADHD completion patterns. Plain-language behavioural questions (e.g. ‘I prefer working alone on focused tasks for several hours at a time’) replace social-concept abstractions (e.g. ‘I am the life of the party’) that produce unreliable answers from literal interpreters. No time pressure on any assessment removes anxiety-driven performance degradation. Calm-mode UX with reduced visual noise reduces sensory overload. Big Five (OCEAN) trait results are framed as identity-stable strengths rather than performance-deficit assessments — autism-spectrum learners see their trait profile validated as a workforce asset rather than as deviation from a neurotypical norm. Career Guide output flags careers with strong sensory-controlled, pattern-recognition, or detail-oriented profiles where many neurodivergent learners thrive. Used by Autism @ Work, Specialisterne, Auticon, Aspiritech, NHS LightHouse, and ADHD coaching practices.
Configured for autism, ADHD, and dyslexia.
Sequenced for accommodation-aware delivery.
For an autism employment programme of 100 participants per year
Free tier covers individual neurodivergent learners permanently — no per-learner cost. Programme delivery (autism employment, ADHD coaching, dyslexia-friendly career counselling) runs on Business tier $199/mo flat for unlimited learners. Partnership engagements scope autism-specific employer-matching pipelines.
Try it with a micro-team
For independent coaches and therapists
For startups, teams and HR
For agencies, L&D and scale-ups
For 200+ person companies
All plans currently activated manually via the contact form — we review each request within 24 hours and provision access the same day. Self-serve checkout coming once we've heard from the first wave of teams.
Tell us your programme type (autism employment, ADHD coaching, dyslexia-friendly counselling), your cohort size, and your accommodation requirements. We respond with a pilot plan within three business days.
Generic career assessments make four assumptions that exclude many neurodivergent learners. (1) Sustained-attention completion in one sitting, which fails ADHD learners. (2) Implicit social-context questions, which trip autism-spectrum learners into incorrect literal answers. (3) Time pressure, which spikes anxiety and degrades performance. (4) Visual-noise UX with multiple competing elements, which overloads sensory-sensitive learners. JobCannon's neurodivergent deployment removes each: pause-resume preserves progress, plain-language phrasing avoids social-context ambiguity, no time pressure on any assessment, and a calm-mode UX with reduced visual noise.
Big Five has cross-cultural validation literature including studies of autism-spectrum populations; it is generally considered the most-validated trait framework for neurodivergent assessment. The trait profile that emerges (often higher Conscientiousness, varied Openness, lower Extraversion in many autism-spectrum cases) is informative for career direction without medicalizing the difference. JobCannon presents results as identity-stable traits rather than performance assessments — autism-spectrum learners see their trait profile validated as a workforce asset, not framed as deficits relative to a neurotypical norm.
ADHD learners often start strong, lose engagement at minute 15-20 of a sustained task, and drop off. JobCannon assessments are modular: the full battery breaks into 10-15 minute modules that can be completed across multiple sessions over days or weeks. Pause-resume preserves progress at the question level. Coordinator dashboards show partial-completion status so coaches know when to nudge re-engagement. ADHD coaching programmes report substantially lower drop-off compared to longer single-session generic batteries.
Standard personality assessments use phrases like "I am the life of the party" or "I make friends easily" that produce unreliable answers from literal interpreters. JobCannon's instruments are written in plain-language behavioural terms — "I prefer working alone on focused tasks for several hours at a time" rather than "I avoid social situations." Multiple-choice options describe specific observable behaviours rather than abstract self-concepts. Autism employment programmes report higher result reliability because the questions are answerable without social-context decoding.
Autism employment programmes (Autism @ Work, Specialisterne, Auticon, Aspiritech, NHS LightHouse) typically run a multi-week assessment and pre-employment cohort before placement at a partner employer. JobCannon assessments fit naturally into the discovery weeks. Career Guide output flags careers with strong sensory-controlled, pattern-recognition, or detail-oriented profiles which suit many autism-spectrum profiles, alongside skill-gap analysis with recommended free courses. Coordinator dashboards track cohort progression for programme reporting and partner-employer matching support.
Both. Free tier covers individuals permanently — neurodivergent learners can run the full battery and access the Career Guide without paying anything, which matters for many adults navigating career discovery without programme support. Programme deployment (autism employment, ADHD coaching practice, dyslexia-friendly career counselling) runs on Business tier $199/mo flat for unlimited learners with coordinator dashboards. Partnership engagements scope bespoke configurations for autism-specific employer-matching pipelines.