AGXStarseed
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(Not written by me)
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Keely Chow has Asperger's. He worked hard to get a college degree, but hasn't been able to find a job in the last two years.
"Filling out applications and being rejected, the application denied, that's the hard part," he said.
Keely's sister, Wendy Fong, knows her brother is smart, but socially he doesn't always fit in.
"There's a real divide between what he's thinking in his head and how he can verbalize it. It's really difficult for people like him to compete in the real world," she explains.
Dan Selec also understands.
"I've never had a conversation with my son, and that's the hardest thing about autism," he said.
Selec and Gary Moore are the subjects of a documentary called "Programming Hope" not because they both have sons with autism, but because they came up with an answer to the question every parent of an autistic child asks.
"What happens when the bus stop showing up? What happens after high school?" Moore asks.
That's where Nonpareil fits in. It's a technology company with a brand new location in Houston. When it's up and running, it'll look like the flagship location in Plano where 165 adults with autism learn sophisticated software, work together to create gaming apps, and earn a living to support themselves for life.
Selec explains, "I wanted more than let's find a good government solution to take care of my child for the rest of his life."
Nonpareil has already created seven games for mobile phones. They hope a hit like "Angry Birds" or "Candy Crush" will be next. But in the meantime, Nonpareil is giving adults like Keely an opportunity in a society where no one else would.
nonPareil Institute: www.npitx.org
nP Game Apps:
Soroban - iPhone and iPad
Card Track - iPhone and Google Play
Tap It! - iPhone and Google Play
Space Ape - iOS and Google Play
Dots and Boxes - iOS and Google Play
Allen Americans Air Hockey (iOS)
Fast and Furriest - iOS (Android coming soon)
http://programminghope.com/
SOURCE (With Videos): http://abc13.com/health/texas-company-gives-autistic-adults-jobs-for-life/1074822/
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Keely Chow has Asperger's. He worked hard to get a college degree, but hasn't been able to find a job in the last two years.
"Filling out applications and being rejected, the application denied, that's the hard part," he said.
Keely's sister, Wendy Fong, knows her brother is smart, but socially he doesn't always fit in.
"There's a real divide between what he's thinking in his head and how he can verbalize it. It's really difficult for people like him to compete in the real world," she explains.
Dan Selec also understands.
"I've never had a conversation with my son, and that's the hardest thing about autism," he said.
Selec and Gary Moore are the subjects of a documentary called "Programming Hope" not because they both have sons with autism, but because they came up with an answer to the question every parent of an autistic child asks.
"What happens when the bus stop showing up? What happens after high school?" Moore asks.
That's where Nonpareil fits in. It's a technology company with a brand new location in Houston. When it's up and running, it'll look like the flagship location in Plano where 165 adults with autism learn sophisticated software, work together to create gaming apps, and earn a living to support themselves for life.
Selec explains, "I wanted more than let's find a good government solution to take care of my child for the rest of his life."
Nonpareil has already created seven games for mobile phones. They hope a hit like "Angry Birds" or "Candy Crush" will be next. But in the meantime, Nonpareil is giving adults like Keely an opportunity in a society where no one else would.
nonPareil Institute: www.npitx.org
nP Game Apps:
Soroban - iPhone and iPad
Card Track - iPhone and Google Play
Tap It! - iPhone and Google Play
Space Ape - iOS and Google Play
Dots and Boxes - iOS and Google Play
Allen Americans Air Hockey (iOS)
Fast and Furriest - iOS (Android coming soon)
http://programminghope.com/
SOURCE (With Videos): http://abc13.com/health/texas-company-gives-autistic-adults-jobs-for-life/1074822/
