Research Projects

NEA: Keystone Project

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Evidence of success from IOB’s programming has thus far been anecdotal or based on informal, internal surveys, as well as represented by their growth. ABLE’s keystone study will provide empirical evidence of what is successful and how, and feed back into future projects and workshops, all towards our goals of facilitating and enabling sustainable job growth for neurodiverse populations.

We are currently capturing and transcribing important events and relationships within and adjacent to IOB’s in-person, week-long workshops to conduct our research. Future research studies will include virtual workshops, one-day workshops, longevity studies, and community building based on locale, campus, or workplaces.

NEA: Year Two

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ABLE's second study expands its reach by holding single-day data collection events at highly visible locations, e.g., a science museum, a children’s museum, a county zoo, and organizations that serve neurodiverse and neurotypical individuals. We are comparing and contrasting impact over longitudinal versus short-term interventions, and across the spectrum. 

The Joy Study

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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.