Help Us Help You: Reverse Mentoring as an Intervention for Employees with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Thursday, March 2, 2023

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM CST

Location: Trees (4th Floor)

Author(s)

Karen R. Johnson

Associate Professor
University of North Texas
Sanghamitra Chaudhuri

Associate Professor
Metropolitan State University, USA.
Sunyoung Park, PhD

Associate Professor
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University

Abstract: The purpose of the study is to propose reverse mentoring as an intervention to create awareness and develop understanding of autism in the workplace by inviting employees with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to serve as reverse mentors and pairing them with willing volunteers from the leadership levels, who will serve as the mentees. The study will help to reduce the stigma and discrimination of autistic individuals through reverse mentoring by allowing employers, supervisors, and co-workers of employees with ASD to gain knowledge of the disorder and their unique challenges and wide-ranging capabilities.