About 1 percent of the world’s population has autism spectrum disorder, which is estimated to be about 1 in 68 people in the United States. (CDC, 2014)
35 percent of young adults (ages 19-23) with autism have not had a job or received postgraduate education after leaving high school. (Shattuck et al., 2012)
In June 2014, only 19.3 percent of people with disabilities in the U.S. were participating in the labor force – working or seeking work. Of those, 12.9 percent were unemployed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014)
Unemployment among people with autism is approximately 90 percent, and at least 500,000 more individuals with autism will enter the workforce in the next decade. (Rising Tide)
To Date, Rising Tide Car Wash has hired 95 Associates with Autism. (Rising Tide)
By sharing their business model with other like-minded entrepreneurs, Rising Tide hopes to assist in the creation of over 1,000 jobs by 2020. (Rising Tide)
