Community Capacity Builders has established a Centre for Autistic Social Entrepreneurship that takes a strengths-based and neurodiversity-affirming approach. The Centre has the overarching mission of creating an enabling environment for autistic social innovators and social entrepreneurs.
The Centre for Autistic Social Entrepreneurship has developed two programs:
Program for Autistic Innovators, Systemisers & Social Entrepreneurs, and
Program for Supporting Autistic Social Entrepreneurs.
To increase the profile of autistic owned and led social enterprises, the Centre for Autistic Social Entrepreneurship has also established an Autistic Owned and Led Social Enterprise Directory and Market Place.
Further information on each of these initiatives is provided below.
Next Program Commences 10 February 2026
This Program provides autistic individuals with the knowledge and skills to use their innate autistic ways of thinking for the creation of social innovations, to systemise social innovations, and establish social enterprises. It is self-paced and delivered online with fortnightly group catchups over a six-week period.
The Program consists of three units:
Autistic Social Innovation
Autistic Systemising
Autistic Social Entrepreneurship
The Program for Supporting Autistic Social Entrepreneurs provides disability service providers, social enterprise support organisations, and business advisors with the knowledge and skills to assist autistic social entrepreneurs.
The Program consists of three units:
What is Autism?
Autistic Social Entrepreneurship
Enabling Autistic Social Entrepreneurship
The Autistic Owned and Led Social Enterprise Directory & Marketplace has been established on the Good Market community platform. Autistic owned and led social enterprises can apply to be listed on the Directory & Marketplace if they are:
Autistic Owned & Led
A Social Enterprise, and
A Member of the Good Market
The Good Market is a curated community of social enterprises, responsible businesses, voluntary initiatives, and changemakers. There is no cost to become a member. Further information on the Good Market's application process, and a link to the Good Market application form can be accessed here.
Community Capacity Builders is partnering with the The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, Vanderbilt University in Nashville to advance autistic innovation and entrepreneurship. The Frist Center is strengths-based and autistic-led.