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Car Wash Offers Employment to Autistic Young Adults

April 22, 2014 /

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At the Rising Tide Car Wash in Parkland, Fla., most of the employees have one thing in common: they’ve been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders.

As young adults they began to age out of the school system, with employment options in short supply. That’s why John D’Eri co-founded Rising Tide Car Wash: to give his son, and others on the autism spectrum, a place to earn a paycheck — and build a community.

Why not build a business with the prime objective of employing people with autism, he reasoned — not a charity or a "sheltered workshop" — but a business with the potential to keep growing.

By Harry Smith

Full Story: http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/car-wash-offers-employment-autistic-young-adults-n86151

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