August 19, 2012

A Texas Nonprofit Borrows a Business Plan From the Technology World

A Tech Company Like Any Other—Except It’s a Charity 1

Dalynn Montgomery

Andrew LaBounty and Amelia Schabel create mobile games and applications at the NonPareil Institute.

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Dalynn Montgomery

Andrew LaBounty and Amelia Schabel create mobile games and applications at the NonPareil Institute.

By Eric Frazier

When Aaron Winston graduated from high school, he didn’t have many options.

Because of his autism, he knew his way of processing and communicating information wouldn’t work in the classroom routines of a typical university. And he knew he’d struggle to hold down most jobs.

So he mostly sat around his mother’s house playing video games. He volunteered at a food bank, stocking shelves. But that didn’t satisfy him.

“I was pretty