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ex_we935Project
Starting up an autistic-run graphic/web design microbusiness
Benefitting: Us; we're trying to raise funds to live on over the next few months - we're full-time students and use financial aid to cover living expenses - and have the cash to publicise our work so that we can reach out to potential clients! We have experience doing graphic and web design work for individuals and organisations; if you'd like to see some of our work, you can visit our portfolio site.
Recently, there's been an increase in autistic- and Asperger's-run entrepreneurial companies that leverage the skills of people on the spectrum. This allows many people to find a niche that incorporates their skills, as opposed to dealing with a system that doesn't always accommodate them well. Since we have a strong passion for using our creative and technical skills to create aesthetically appealing websites and graphics, we'd like to share that with the general public.
Description
As we're on the autistic spectrum, this makes it more difficult for us to take typical student jobs that require a lot of constant social interaction and tasks that directly run up against the things that we struggle with the most. We've currently been sending out applications for paid internships; however, nothing has come out of these so far. We are also new to the area and don't have a large network quite yet. We'll be getting some help with our rent cheques over the summer (during the academic year, financial aid covers our expenses, but it's much harder during breaks); however, we need to come up with the other ~half or so.
( The remainder of the description, as well as the awesome perks that YOU get, is under the cut! )
Any contribution helps! We'll give our paypal address in screened comments. If you can't donate yourself, feel free to pass this on on DW or LJ.
(will be crossposted to![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
signalboost! Feel free to link to this.)
Starting up an autistic-run graphic/web design microbusiness
Benefitting: Us; we're trying to raise funds to live on over the next few months - we're full-time students and use financial aid to cover living expenses - and have the cash to publicise our work so that we can reach out to potential clients! We have experience doing graphic and web design work for individuals and organisations; if you'd like to see some of our work, you can visit our portfolio site.
Recently, there's been an increase in autistic- and Asperger's-run entrepreneurial companies that leverage the skills of people on the spectrum. This allows many people to find a niche that incorporates their skills, as opposed to dealing with a system that doesn't always accommodate them well. Since we have a strong passion for using our creative and technical skills to create aesthetically appealing websites and graphics, we'd like to share that with the general public.
Description
As we're on the autistic spectrum, this makes it more difficult for us to take typical student jobs that require a lot of constant social interaction and tasks that directly run up against the things that we struggle with the most. We've currently been sending out applications for paid internships; however, nothing has come out of these so far. We are also new to the area and don't have a large network quite yet. We'll be getting some help with our rent cheques over the summer (during the academic year, financial aid covers our expenses, but it's much harder during breaks); however, we need to come up with the other ~half or so.
( The remainder of the description, as well as the awesome perks that YOU get, is under the cut! )
Any contribution helps! We'll give our paypal address in screened comments. If you can't donate yourself, feel free to pass this on on DW or LJ.
(will be crossposted to
signalboost! Feel free to link to this.)
