AutonomyWorks

Autism On The Job: Really?

04/07/14 - Business News, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability in the Media, Disability-Aware Businesses, Featured Blogger of the Month, Good Web Finds, Guest Blogger, No Boundaries, Uncategorized - 3 Comments

SAP employees Patrick Brophy, right, and coach David Sweeney. Ciaran Dolan for The Wall Street Journal

Recently, an article in The Wall Street Journal came to our attention. While it is a step in the right direction, we do have a couple of issues with the…

A Business Model For All Businesses

02/28/14 - Business News, Disability Employment and Housing, Disability-Aware Businesses, Featured Blogger of the Month, Guest Blogger, Inspiring People, Uncategorized - 3 Comments

On a cold, foggy afternoon, The No Boundaries team took a trip out to Downers Grove to visit AutonomyWorks. AutonomyWorks is a company that employs people with autism to do data entry work.

At AutonomyWorks we taught the associates 1 + 1 communication skills. 1 +…