Autistic youngsters with the Asperger syndrome are increasingly sought after in the information technology sector because of their specific skills. An original training model set up in 2005, whose classes are now taught in 10 schools throughout the country, aims to develop these skills. With an 80-percent recruitment rate, this 3-year training program collects rewards and prizes, including the last Danish-German 2014 Innovation award.
“Our mission is simple: we need to get autistic youngsters from the prospect of permanent dependence from social services to the prospect of an independent life with a meaningful job,” highlighted Ole Jensen Bay, Director of the biggest IT vocational training program in the world for young “Aspies” when inaugurating the new school in Høje Tåstrup (Copenhagen area), where classes will start this summer. It is the 10th AspIT school (Asp for Aspie, used to talk about people with the Asperger synd
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