His research focuses on understanding the services geared towards young people with autism as they transition out of high school into adulthood. He points to the changing economic landscape in the United States as reason why people with autism find it so difficult to find sustainable work placement after leaving school. “Starting in the early to mid-1970s, there's been a historic shift in the balance of jobs in the manufacturing sector to the service sector. And those types of jobs, which require lots of social interaction, are exactly the types of jobs that people with autism have difficulty with.”1 Most facilities do not have the time or resources to accommodate the special needs of a person with autism, often excluding those living on the spectrum from equal opportunities to gain economic independence.