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  2. Employment of autistic people - Wikipedia

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    Disintermediation (development of employment platforms) is opening up new ways of organizing work, [62] of objectifying and valuing skills, making it possible to explore a number of experiments better suited to people with disabilities, [63] and in particular to the profile of people with autism. For example, telecommuting jobs are likely to ...

  3. Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative - Wikipedia

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    The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, or SFARI for short, is a research program established in 2005 by the Simons Foundation, which focuses on all aspects of autism research. Its director is Kelsey Martin. [1] The organization has funded more than $200 million in autism research to 150 different investigators since 2007. [2]

  4. The DO-IT Center - Wikipedia

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    The DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center is based at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, Washington.Founded in 1992, DO-IT’s mission is to increase the successful participation of people with disabilities in postsecondary education and careers, in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields and careers, and in computing fields ...

  5. Special interest (autism) - Wikipedia

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    Students have been shown to write better when writing about their special interest compared to a control topic. [33] A 2022 study showed 25% of autistic people who worked had employment in their area of special interest and that adults with employable special interests may have better employment outcomes. [ 26 ]

  6. Chris Ulmer - Wikipedia

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    As a special education teacher, he taught students with autism, agenesis of the corpus callosum and traumatic brain injury. [2] With permission from his students’ parents, in the classroom Ulmer "began to film interviews with his students and post them on social media," [3] which attracted an online presence. After 12 months, Special Books by ...

  7. Ambitious about Autism - Wikipedia

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    Their mission has been described as being to "help children and young people with autism to learn, thrive and achieve – making the ordinary possible." [ 3 ] It is known for operating TreeHouse School in Muswell Hill , North London, Ambitious College which has campuses in Tottenham and Isleworth , London and The Rise School, based in Feltham ...

  8. Autism Speaks - Wikipedia

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    In October 2016, Autism Speaks removed curing autism as a goal in its mission statement. The new mission statement removed words such as "struggle," "hardship" and "crisis" to instead read in part that "Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the lifespan, for the needs of individuals with autism ...

  9. Autistic Self Advocacy Network - Wikipedia

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    The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization run by and for individuals on the autism spectrum.ASAN advocates for the inclusion of autistic people in decisions that affect them, including: legislation, depiction in the media, and disability services.