Promoting Labour Market Inclusion: A Review of Assistive Technologies for Workers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be efficient workers. Despite the increasing recognition of their potential contribution in the workplace, they continue to experience many challenges entering and maintaining employment. Overcoming these challenges can be achieved by resorting to specific assistive technologies (ATs) which can play, if properly chosen, a strategic role in allowing persons with ASD to compete with all others in accessing, hiring, maintaining employment. It is in the light of these considerations that this contribution aims at deepening knowledge in this field by investigating which ATs can be used in the workplace to support the labour market inclusion of persons with ASD. This study provides a focused systematic review of 27 studies identified within the literature. Results analyzed the ATs that can be used for supporting the labour market inclusion of persons with ASD, the skills they help to develop and the work activities they can support.