'Economic inclusion boosted' for people with Asperger's

3rd September 2010

A new college has opened in Wales designed to boost the economic inclusion of people with Asperger's syndrome, with places partly funded by the NHS, assembly government and social services.

Priory Coleg Wales - based in Pontypool, Torfaen - caters for young people aged between 16 and 25, with ten students due to start day courses in 2010 and plans for 50 to 60 more in the near future, the BBC reports.

Principal Simon Coles noted that many attending the school will have struggled with mainstream education and may have been out of the classroom for some time.

"We hope to be able to give them the social skills, understanding and independence needed to function in the world," he remarked.

This comes after 25-year-old Luke Aylward, who has Asperger's, launched his own business with the help of Sharing the Success, setting up a magazine called Aspire, written by people on the autistic spectrum, the Guardian reported.

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