jacqui in mo Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hi all! I haven't been on the boards here for quite a while as my homeschooling days are mostly over (although I still do some teaching of my youngest asperger's son in the summer to augment his schooling). I get anxious regularly about what to do about high school and even more so about what he will be able to do and to maintain himself in a job. As I was researching high schools for him, I ran into a very interesting site for a business that claims its mission is to train and provide IT jobs for ASD folks. It doesn't sound wide spread just yet, but they say their mission is in the next 3 years to be a sustainable business in 10-12 regions in the US. Right now it's in 3 regions: Mid Atlantic, Midwest, and Southwest. The company's name is Specialisterne USA. If you go there, read about their logo of the Dandelion seed. It blew me away. (no pun intended :-) I would link to it, but I wasn't sure if that violated Susan's "nothing copied from other internet sites" rules. A google search of Specialisterne will get you there. You gotta know that it understands ASD kids/adults when it includes LEGO Mindstorms as a part of its training protocol. I cannot tell you how uplifted I feel knowing there is such a company out there, even if my son never is part of it. Jacqui in MO 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Looks interesting! I will definitely see what they offer in our area. Here is something similar in Texas and hopefully other regions eventually: http://www.npitx.org/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfABunch Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 That's fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 dsmith, thanks for letting me know about another wonderful company. I love it's name, nonPareil. And I love that there's at least 5 years for them to grow and expand before my son may need them. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 How cool! Great to know there is so much more awareness out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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