Business leaders are those who are innovative in their vision.

Do you:
...appreciate employees who are loyal, responsible and make long term commitments?
...wish to increase your bottom line through a larger customer base?
...hope to retain your most competent employees?

The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at the University of South Florida can assist you with any and all of these tasks at no cost. You are probably saying to yourself, "What do people with autism have to do with my business?" The fact is that an estimated 25,000 people with autism live in and around the Tampa Bay region. They want to be a consumer of your products, visit your businesses, or be employed by you. With low-cost to no-cost accommodations, you can have a competent person working for you, making purchases from you or for those family members currently employed by you, have an internal support network that will assist you in retaining these valued employees.

Many businesses have already seen the benefits of what CARD-USF can do to assist in meeting diversity goals. Please read the brochure, Autism Fits: Your Piece of the Puzzle, to learn more about this special community building effort by CARD-USF and be that innovative leader who can see how welcoming people with autism and their family members can benefit your business.

CARD-USF provides our constituents with this list of autism friendly businesses to create a more inclusive community for people of all abilities. To learn more, contact Dr. Karen Berkman at 813-974-2532 or 800-333-4530.

Autism Friendly Businesses

• ACT-The All Community Theater Project, Tampa
• Bounce U, Sarasota
• Christ the King Catholic Church, Tampa
• City of Clearwater Therapeutic Recreation, Clearwater
• City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department
• Clearwater Community Sailing Center, Clearwater
• CNS (Cognitive Neuro Sciences), Tampa
• Courteous Canine, Tampa
• Crowne Plaza Tampa Westshore, Tampa
• Dinosaur World, Plant City
• Fifth Third Bank – Estero, Fort Myers, Naples, Tampa, and St. Petersburg
• Goodwill Industries, St. Petersburg
• Great Explorations Children Museum, St. Petersburg
• Hillsborough River State Park, Tampa
• Ingram’s Pro Karate, Tampa
• Jabil - St. Petersburg
• Joseph Town Center Rita's (Ice, custards) Highland City, Bartow, Lakeland 
• Kaleisia Tea Lounge, Tampa
• KLS Tae Kwon Do, Riverview
• Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa
• Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc., Tampa and Ft. Myers
• Mercedes-Benz of Tampa Tampa
• Metz Orthodontics Land O' Lakes
• MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry), Tampa
• Museum of Fine Arts - St. Petersburg
• Neos Massage, Wesley Chapel
• Pizza Fusion, Downtown Tampa at Skypoint
• PlayAway Children's Fitness and Fun Center, Lakewood Ranch
• The Florida Aquarium, Tampa
• The Harbor Behavioral Healthcare, Pasco and Hillsborough counties
• The Last Resort (TransDermal and Aromatherapy, Reflexology), St. Petersburg
• TradeWinds Island Resort, St. Pete Beach
• Suncoast YMCA, Pasco and Pinellas counties
• Sunset Farms Inc., Punta Gorda
• Wyndham Hotel Tampa Westshore, Tampa
• Ybor City Museum State Park, Tampa