CBS This Morning
“We have a clear opportunity here”: IT company sees benefits of having a majority-autistic workforce
Of auticon’s 300 employees, more than 200 are on the autism spectrum — a rare ratio for a company in the United States. Experts say the unemployment and underemployment rate for autistic people in the United States falls anywhere between 50% and 90%.
CNBC News
Op-ed: Two-thirds of our team is autistic. That’s helping us survive the coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis has led to the largest experiment in remote work anyone has ever seen, with many companies switching to telecommuting almost overnight. Our company has been part of the experiment—and it’s taught us some surprising lessons on the power of neurodiversity in a crisis like this.
Dallas Innovates
IT Company Auticon Hires Local Exec as CEO to Set its ‘Sites’ on DFW
Southlake-based executive David Aspinall has been named chief executive officer of auticon, an international IT service provider that employs adults on the autism spectrum as technology consultants.
Columbus Business Journal
IT firm that employs adults on autism spectrum opens Columbus office as base for statewide operations
An IT and compliance consulting firm that employs technology professionals on the autism spectrum plans 50 jobs at a new Columbus-area office, its first in the U.S. outside California.
Fast Company
auticon named “World Changing Idea” by Fast Company Magazine
World Changing Ideas Awards 2020: Corporate Social Responsibility Finalists and Honorable Mentions:
Culver City News
Culver City to proclaim April as Autism Awareness Month
The announcement that Culver City will officially recognize April as Autism Awareness Month was made by Mayor Thomas Small at a celebratory event at the Culver City offices of the tech company auticon at 5855 Green Valley Cir., Culver City. Auction hires and trains mainly people on the autism spectrum to do coding and testing of web-based applications for clients remotely.
El Pais
Autism is just a different operating system
Auticon, an IT company, is dedicated to employing individuals diagnosed with Autism because according to their motto, they don’t see it as an illness, but rather, simply a different operating system.
Spectrum One News
Auticon Focuses on Employing Individuals Diagnosed with Autism
Auticon, an IT company, is dedicated to employing individuals diagnosed with Autism because according to their motto, they don’t see it as an illness, but rather, simply a different operating system.
New York Times Magazine
Open Office
Human-resource departments have modified interview processes, trained staff to accommodate certain sensitivities (to sounds or disruptions) and helped co-workers and managers adjust to those colleagues’ needs (for example, closer supervision). Auticon goes one step further; it is an office where people who have autism are a majority.
BBC News
The firm whose staff are all autistic
On first inspection it seems like any other Los Angeles-based company, with tasteful art on the white walls and calm-inducing diffusers dotted about.
Peter describes the working atmosphere as “quiet, but fun”, and especially likes the fact that there is no pressure to socialise, while Evan says of his employers that they are “very accommodating and understanding”. Brian describes his office as “unique”.
Auticon is one of only a handful of companies that cater exclusively for employees who are on the autistic spectrum.
BBC World Service Radio
Radio Interview: The firm whose staff are all autistic
Jane Wakefield explores the various ways companies can accommodate those on the autistic spectrum, and visits a software company which exclusively uses autistic employees.
Los Angeles Daily News
These training programs steer adults on the autism spectrum into high-tech jobs in coding
Peter Souza is living his dream — what he calls a “one-job life.”
He’s no longer sleeping on the streets of Los Angeles, juggling several part-time, minimum-wage jobs just trying to survive. He shares an apartment, paying rent on one salary.
His life has changed dramatically in the past six months thanks to a training program that led Souza to an employer focused on supporting adults like him who are on the autism spectrum but can excel in certain tasks and roles in the field of information technology.
Santa Monica Mirror
Santa Monica Company Acquired by Leading Employer of People With Autism
auticon, a leading global technology employer for autistic professionals, has announced its entry into the U.S. market via the acquisition of Santa Monica-based MindSpark, Inc. This acquisition makes auticon the world’s leading employer of adults on the autism spectrum offering exceptional quality work within the information technology industry for its customers.
The Open Daily LA
German Employer of Autistic Professionals to Acquire MindSpark Inc. of Santa Monica
An award-winning German firm that employs professionals with autism across Europe is acquiring Santa Monica–based MindSpark Inc. to mark its entry into the U.S. market.
Los Angeles Business Journal
German Employer of Autistic Professionals to Acquire MindSpark
An award-winning German firm that employs professionals with autism across Europe is acquiring Santa Monica–based MindSpark Inc. to mark its entry into the U.S. market.
