My Nonprofit Reviews

It was my understanding in my combined 3 years at non pareil and belief at the time that alongside other individuals on the autism spectrum, I would learn material that public schools and colleges could not teach effectively, achieve goals that normal businesses would have deemed impossible for me, and actually be a productive member of society with the same opportunity and chance to accomplish great things as anyone else who was not on the spectrum would.

That was what the organization promised to deliver.
That was what myself and my family hoped would happen.
That is why we spent several years as silver sponsors for the Non pareil golf tournaments and hockey team.

It was all empty promises hatched in malevolent lies.
There was no structural organization as is needed in any work environment, no incentive to do anything productive since there were no deadlines to meet and no repercussions for not showing up. As a result, most projects were either delayed or cancelled with no hope for completion or were released years later only to have no one play it. Or even promote it.

I regret to say that I have not even scraped the tip of the proverbial iceberg in regards to the entirety of the mishandling and misrepresentation of the company.

According to a contact of mine who shall remain unnamed for fears of blackmail, there are emails involving senior staff refusing to hire an individual on the autism spectrum because of his/her sexual orientation and their “autism”.

Put aside the blatant violation of the laws regarding discrimination against the homosexual community (regardless of your stance, I am referring to legality.) Let the latter sink in for a moment... an institute for autism that rejects positions to people with autism based on autism as a reason.

Discrimination. That’s what I received at np.
When I recommended that non pareil have more structure and incentives and positive/negative reinforcement with making or breaking commitments to working hard and have it function like an actual business and not a condescending day camp for adults, they simply said, “Well, let’s set you up with essentials. So you can organize yourself.”
Discrimination. Discrimination. Discrimination.

And I am not alone. There are others I know who have received worse from that company.

Make no mistake, non pareil is a scam, a greedy, money grubbing pestilence at its root. It’s founders are crooked charlatans out to deceive and swindle by any means necessary.

Even to this day, the founder himself is continuing to contact my family and looking for funding for a new company. He tried to get me and another friend to build his website for free, and is now paying a former senior staff to np to do the same thing I was.

The only thing I can safely say was a positive about that horrible abyss is the friends I made who feel the exact same way.

I could write a novel, but I have said plenty.