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28 Mar 2017, 5:20 pm

Fox13Now.com wrote:
Uniquely Utah: Runway show features fashions from designer who has autism
by Todd Tanner, Updated at 07:14AM, March 6, 2017

SALT LAKE CITY -- A line of luxury women's wear was unveiled in Salt Lake City Saturday in runway showings at the Grand America Hotel.

The Andolsek brand is the brainchild of 25-year-old fashion designer Micheal Andolsek, who happens to be autistic....

http://fox13now.com/2017/03/05/uniquely ... as-autism/

Andolsek's business web site may be found online ( http://www.andolsek.us/ ).


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28 Mar 2017, 5:42 pm

And, this:

KUTV.com wrote:
Autistic fashion designer proves disability can be an asset
by Chris Miller, April 15, 2016

Experts at the University of Utah say 80 percent of adults with autism don't have jobs. A group of individuals at the neuropsychiatric center are trying to change that.

"They're not comfortable searching for jobs and employers are not comfortable, or good, at recruiting them," said Anne Asman, Director of Development for psychiatry at the University of Utah. "They are extremely intelligent and extremely talented and they enhance and are an asset to just about any business they would be a part of."

Educators, employers and members of the autism community gathered at the University of Utah on Friday for a symposium aimed at providing more workforce opportunities for those with Autism Spectrum Disorder....

http://kutv.com/news/local/autistic-fas ... e-an-asset


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Diagnosed in 2015 with ASD Level 1 by the University of Utah Health Care Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinic using the ADOS-2 Module 4 assessment instrument [11/30] -- Screened in 2014 with ASD by using the University of Cambridge Autism Research Centre AQ (Adult) [43/50]; EQ-60 for adults [11/80]; FQ [43/135]; SQ (Adult) [130/150] self-reported screening inventories -- Assessed since 1978 with an estimated IQ [≈145] by several clinicians -- Contact on WrongPlanet.net by private message (PM)