This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series, which examines technological, economic, social and cultural shifts that happen as businesses evolve. Byran Dai was 24 when he promised his mother, who passed away less than two months later , that he would look out for his younger brother Brandon, who is autistic. “In the autism community, we call that ‘falling off the cliff,’” Mr. Dai said. In 2018, Mr. Dai co-founded Daivergent, a start-up that is connecting tech companies with a pool of candidates on the autism spectrum. There are about 1,100 candidates in the Daivergent pool.

Source: New York Times October 24, 2019 09:00 UTC