“Seventy-five percent of Ultranauts employees are on the autism spectrum…. Its culture has certainly resonated with [Jamie] Davila, who is autistic and was hired four years ago, with no formal training in computing. Since then, she has mastered not only programming languages but also skills as a manager. Ultranauts has also been her ladder to the middle class. ‘Before I got the job at Ultranauts, I was on food stamps,’ Ms. Davila recalled. ‘Now, I own my own house. And it’s a nice house in a nice neighborhood.’”

“It turns out, Apple CEO Tim Cook’s famous quip about the company investing in good accessibility practices—that the tech giant does it not for ‘the bloody ROI’—cuts both ways. A company, whether titanic like Apple or tiny like Hiki, should make their product(s) as accessible as possible because it’s morally right. By the same token, however, it surely is not lost on Cook (or Karriem) that accessible products are better, well-rounded products that will have a definitive effect on the return on investment..’”

“Peter Korn, Director of Accessibility at Amazon Lab126 said: ‘We share the company's vision to help people with speech impairments live more independently through voice. We were delighted to support them through an Alexa Fund investment and now through an Alexa integration via their mobile app."

The Department of Defense, intelligence agencies and other federal programs are increasingly deploying emerging artificial intelligence technologies and accurately labeled data to train AI systems. Enabled Intelligence’s neurodiverse workforce of highly-trained U.S. based employees provide the subject matter expertise and secure systems able to handle the government's most sensitive data.

Floreo is currently being used as a supplementary learning tool by schools, therapy practices, medical practitioners, and parents. In this video, Ravindran describes what led to the development of this virtual reality tool for individuals with autism, how Floreo went about securing academic research partners, and the importance of Small Business Technology Transfer funding to the development and testing of the program. Floreo is currently running several studies, including a study in collaboration with the Center for Autism Research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Opya began with a vision to transform autism services for children by integrating care and providing digital tools to help clinicians and parents create the best possible outcomes. Since their founding in 2016, they have provided behavioral, speech, and occupational services to hundreds of Opya families. Opya strives to provide the best outcomes and experience for their clients and the Opya families they work with.