Computer recycling project creates jobs

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Computer recycling project creates jobs

YOUNG adults with Asperger's Syndrome have been given jobs recycling

old computers.

Cambridgeshire charity Red2Green has launched its new Reboot

initiative which involves training people with communication

difficulties in computer recycling - meeting local waste recycling

targets while offering on-the-job skills and training.

People with Asperger's often find it difficult to succeed in

employment because of the unwritten rules of the workplace, but many

are very intelligent and excel at computing because they can get to

grips with the logic and processes involved.

Reboot, in Sturton Street, is offering graduates of the Red2Green's

Aspirations programme, which teaches people social skills and

strategies for coping in everyday situations, the opportunity of

work.

Pete Wickham, Reboot's manager, said: " While we're doing our bit to

minimise waste in the environment, we're also helping to improve the

job prospects of young adults with social communication

difficulties. "

Red2Green runs projects providing leisure, educational and work

opportunities for people with a range of disabilities. For

information visit www.red2green.org/p >