Utah Neurodiversity Workforce Program featured in Deseret News
UNWP seeks to improve the postsecondary academic and employment success for individuals with a variety of mental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia or Tourettes syndrome, said program director Valerie D'Astous, post doctoral research associate of family and consumer studies. "We're encouraging students from high school into (college) to tell them about the opportunities (that exist)," she said. (People with autism) need the opportunities and they need the support (of this kind of program)." Read more.