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07 May 2017, 1:54 am

http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/248133/leitrim-s-zack-to-appear-on-late-late-show.html

13 year old Zack Dolan who has Aspergers and ADHD invented the "Happy Homework Hut" a foldable, portable cubicle designed to students with those conditions focus.


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09 Jun 2019, 2:10 pm

The above-mentioned article is behind a paywall, but here's a direct link to Zack Dolan's Happy Homework Hut website -- an example of a small business started by an autistic person.

(IMO we should be building up a network of such businesses.)


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