# 'Agricultural specialisterne': rural employment revolution for those with Autism **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [June 5, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615 "2011-06-05T05:40:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 402
**Author:** ![Visionary7903](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@Visionary7903](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Visionary7903)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615/402 "2013-02-11T02:15:44Z")
A [recent post](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615/395) focused on Autism and Architecture. Annapolis, Maryland-based Cathy Purple Cherry, the Principal and Owner of _Purple Cherry Architects_, is uniquely qualified to design for special needs. Her adoptive son, who is now 20, is multiply-challenged with Autism and other special needs. She also grew up with an older brother who has Down Syndrome. A studio of _Purple Cherry Architects_, _Purposeful Architecture_, was created to embrace the design work of organisations supporting individuals with special needs… > [@](#): > > …Cathy’s compassion is a key element enabling her to powerfully convey a group’s mission and goals from marketing tools she creates for them – all the way through meeting the needs of that group, and the individuals and families it serves, in the final project design… > [@](#): > > …Not surprisingly, the firm is big on what Purple Cherry calls, “giving back to the community. The biggest portion of our commercial effort is non-profit. We just finished a pro bono project for Habitat for Humanity.”… Here is a link to images of the finished product for _Opportunity Builders, Inc._–an organisation that provides vocational training and support services to adults with developmental disabilities: [http://www.purplecherry.com/portfolio/view/34](http://www.purplecherry.com/portfolio/view/34) (sources: [http://parentingspecialneeds.org/heroes&article\_id=11](http://parentingspecialneeds.org/heroes&article_id=11); [http://www.homeanddesign.com/article.asp?article=21231](http://www.homeanddesign.com/article.asp?article=21231)) --- _[View the full topic](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/agricultural-specialisterne-rural-employment-revolution-for-those-with-autism/50615)._