Music education · Vocational training · Belonging
Where autistic musicians find their stage.
For more than a decade, we have turned talent into livelihoods: real instruction, real stages, and paid opportunities for neurodivergent artists.
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Welcome. Find your lane.
What brings you here?
Explore the Musicians Academy, Junior Academy, and how to enroll.
Start here →Donate, volunteer, attend a show, or spread the word.
Get involved →Book professional neurodivergent talent for any event.
Services & rates →Bring our neurodiversity-affirming teaching model to your classroom through JHET.
Explore JHET →Coverage, releases, photos, and our media kit.
Press room →No wrong notes
Just as there are no wrong notes in jazz, there are no wrong notes in humanity.
Jazz Hands For Autism is the nation's only nonprofit combining professional music education, vocational training, and paid employment pathways for autistic musicians. Through our Musicians Academy & experimental Conservatory, biannual Concert Series, and community outreach, we make space where neurodivergent artists belong, grow, and get paid for their craft.
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What we do
Programs that meet musicians where they are
Musicians Academy & Conservatory
Rigorous, individualized, neurodiversity-affirming music instruction in our experimental conservatory. 600+ hours a year per musician.
Visit the Academy →
Educator Training (JHET)
Our neurodiversity-affirming teaching model, placed in more classrooms. 100+ educators trained so far. Accreditation is underway, with CEUs for JHET-certified educators expected as soon as January 2027.
Explore JHET →
Jazz Hands Jobs
Paid performance, teaching, and studio work. Real careers built on real talent.
See how it works →
Junior Academy
Early music education that builds confidence, expression, and joy for young learners.
Meet the Junior Academy →
Concert Series
Our biannual concerts put autistic musicians on professional stages. 25 and counting.
About the series →
The Studio
A full-service recording studio where musicians complete projects without external cost.
Step inside →
Music Library
The industry's first sync library composed entirely by neurodivergent artists.
Hear the work →
Calendar
Concerts, quarterly Couch Recitals, and community events, all in one place.
See what's coming →"Ruben played a song, and his classmates followed him. In that moment, Ruben the teenage boy with autism took the back seat, and what emerged was Ruben the leader."
— Dr. Ifunanya Nweke, Founder & Executive DirectorPartners & employers
Hire our musicians
Book professional, neurodivergent talent for performances, teaching, composition, music technology, and music-business support. Every booking is a paid opportunity for an autistic artist, and a great experience for you.
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Coming up
Join us at the next show
Between the biannual Jazz Hands Concert Series, quarterly Couch Recitals, and community festivals, there is almost always something coming up, and a seat waiting for you.
In good company
They come for our musicians
Honorees, hosts, and champions who have shared the Jazz Hands stage with our artists.
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Home to the music industry's first sync library composed entirely by neurodivergent artists, including a GRAMMY-nominated album.
Every gift plants a seed of opportunity
Your support funds instruction, instruments, studio time, and paid stages for autistic musicians across our community and beyond.