Employers’ perception of the costs and the benefits of hiring individuals with autism spectrum disorder in open employment in Australia

• Melissa Scott ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Scott, Andrew Jacob, Delia Hendrie, Richard Parsons, Sonya Girdler, Torbjörn Falkmer, Marita Falkmer

  * E-mail: melissa.scott@curtin.edu.au

  Affiliations School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Andrew Jacob ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Scott, Andrew Jacob, Delia Hendrie, Richard Parsons, Sonya Girdler, Torbjörn Falkmer, Marita Falkmer

  Affiliation School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Delia Hendrie ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Scott, Andrew Jacob, Delia Hendrie, Richard Parsons, Sonya Girdler, Torbjörn Falkmer, Marita Falkmer

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Richard Parsons ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Scott, Andrew Jacob, Delia Hendrie, Richard Parsons, Sonya Girdler, Torbjörn Falkmer, Marita Falkmer

  Affiliations School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Pharmacy, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

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• Sonya Girdler ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Scott, Andrew Jacob, Delia Hendrie, Richard Parsons, Sonya Girdler, Torbjörn Falkmer, Marita Falkmer

  Affiliations School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Torbjörn Falkmer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Scott, Andrew Jacob, Delia Hendrie, Richard Parsons, Sonya Girdler, Torbjörn Falkmer, Marita Falkmer

  Affiliations School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Medicine and Health Science (IMH), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Marita Falkmer

  Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Scott, Andrew Jacob, Delia Hendrie, Richard Parsons, Sonya Girdler, Torbjörn Falkmer, Marita Falkmer

  Affiliations School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Education and Communication, CHILD programme, Institute of Disability Research, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden

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