Danny Combs

that when you and I spoke two years ago about the statistics of employment for autistic individuals, it has not changed.

Yeah, that's not good.

Ten years ago, it still hasn't changed.

And people keep going about things in the same way that they've been going around them and then wondering why we're not getting different results.

And I think what Buildable has the opportunity to bring is saying, hey, this is something different.

This is something unique.

This has a pathway and is opening doors to actually create authentic opportunities and differentiating between jobs and careers.

And I think that's an important thing to recognize the difference between because what happens a lot with like day treatment programs and they do field trips and other exploratory events that might lead towards a part time job working at a coffee house or at a restaurant.

And if that's what somebody wants, then God bless them.

I hope that they love it.

Sure.

But if they want more or something different, I should say, where they're working in a trade, working in tech, etc., then they should also get that same opportunity.

And unfortunately, that has not happened where we've been kind of put to the side and said, OK, you can be here.

This is what's available.

Options are.

And that kind of takes away real opportunity and choice that neurotypicals would normally have.

Yeah.

Well, I mean, I think that's what goes back to that unity message.

I mean, I remember when TAC started, we would talk about our students as autistic and people would be like, no, no, you can't say that.

You have to say person with autism.