UC San Diego Researchers Receive $2.6M NSF Grant to Help Train Autistic Adults for Tech Employment
(World News Science)

A team of researchers from the University of California San Diego has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an employment-training program that will tap into the talent and potential of autistic adults for technology work. `This project seeks to capitalize on the strengths of the autism community and other neurodiverse populations who have previously been marginalized in the workforce but have unique talents that can be leveraged with the right support for technical work,` said Leanne Chukoskie, an assistant research scientist with UC San Diego`s Qualcomm Institute who is a principal investigator on the project. `There exists a lot of talent in...