“Autism in High Tech - Tech on the Spectrum” is a non-profit organization that started from a Google Serve volunteer project in 2019. Our mission is to promote awareness of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), encourage greater inclusiveness in our work environment, and provide hope to those who have loved ones with ASD.
Our goals
Raise the awareness of Neurodiversity/Autism across tech companies
Create a more inclusive, equitable, and safe workplace for individuals;
Increase the self-esteem of people with Autism to enable career progression
Many neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders that currently fall under the same disease category have very different biological bases. This method extracts individual brain activity signatures that prove invaluable in crafting individualized treatment plans.
Develop software to diagnose and suggest personalized treatments for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders using a quick 1-minute magnetic resonance (MR) exam.
A cheerful journey shared my community member in TED talk.
Every Parent should watch, probably a life changer inspiration
Distinguish Speakers include:
Grace Hou, Deputy Govenor, Illinois
Theresa Mah, Illinois State Representative
Connie Kasari, Distinguish Professor, UCLA
Andy Shih, Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks
This dynamic two-day event will explore key topics such as policy and advocacy in healthcare, public education, employment, self-advocacy, and caregiver support. The conference is aiming to bring together community leaders, scholars, family and self-advocates, along with service providers from prominent organizations, including but not limited to:
Autism Speaks
AARTS Center at Rush University Medical Center
Arc of Illinois
Legal Counsel for Health Justice
UI Health
Tech on the Spectrum
Pui Tak Center’s Disability Parent Support Group
Tech On The Spectrum -
Collaborate and invest in Al-Learners helps students with all abilities learn early math, literacy, and social skills through personalized computer games and analytics.
(English and Chinese)
2022
La Casa de Carlota is a design studio that operates on a different business model. They work with extremely diverse talent and have a serious conviction that creativity is the path to revolutionizing our industry and making the work more impactful.
Luiza Laloni, General Director, the founding partner of La Casa de Carlota São Paulo, shared a great talk with TOTS on "NEURODIVERSITY IS THE NEW CREATIVITY" which showcase, how neurodistinct individuals can be so successful in the industry.
2022 Chinese American Association for Autistic Community
Chinese American Association for Autistic Community, or CAAAC, is a group of researchers, clinicians, caregivers, and autistic individuals who are committed to working together to improve research, education, services, and ultimately the quality of life of those impacted by autism in the Chinese American community.
Under the organization of CAAAC, we will connect families with researchers and professionals, raise awareness and advocate for our children and families, by identifying our unique challenges and struggles and developing creative and effective solutions.
CAAAC's focus will be primary childhood and family support and TOTS will bring industry and workspace continuously growth once the life stage change .
All volunteers who contributed to the great initiatives
2021
Anand Dhulipala Jenny Mizusawa Patricia Li
Brian Lee Jim Hogan Ryan Vernon
Chris Newcomb Joe Bush Swarup Hosakere
Cindy Gao Kamran Khan Tim Goldstein
Erica Brody Kevin Hartman Tina Babbi
Erin Coughlan Lawrence Fung Tunan Wu
Gina Frank Lorne Needle Vineet Banga
Isabela Castilho Marcie Lovell
Jack Suen Marina Williams
Jana Pereira Miguel Feldens
2019
Ally Smith Alan Hou Anisha Desai Becca Shareff Benjamin Donnelly Bruce Bookman
Catherine Yu Chloe Jiang Charles Yang Congwei Dai Dolly Lee Elisa Hsu
Enkhtushig Namkhai Enrico Bianco Helen Zhou Hayley Hu Hifza Javed Irene Knapp
Jay Carlton Jennifer Wang Jerome Markwick Julia Potanina June Xu Kapil Joshi
Kinny Kohli Kourtney Short Leigh Cormie Leonard Ko Mahima Singh Deo Mansi Arora
Miguel Feldens Mousumi Das Mohit Yadav Natalia Costa Paridhi Varma Paulette Penzvalto
Peixin Li Preksha Naik Rebecca Turner Raffaella Teng Ritta Singh Sneh Singaraju
Shweta Singh Supriya Vijay Vaibhav Vaish Yaqi (Ashley) Li Ajay Mandvekar Diane Gruba
Kyle O'Malley Mingjing Cao Nicolas Gomez Pragya Tiwari Raman Kaur Vijay Peddinti
Wouter Suverkropp Patrick Ghorbanian Yaru Huang Preetha Alumootil Henri Fontana Prashant Sakhuja
Kunal Chawla Perrin Anto