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Pepco Holdings program providing jobs to adults with autism takes top honors at 2018 Exelon Innovation Expo

Posted on August 21, 2018

Originally published August 21, 2018 by South Jersey Observer
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Pepco employees at Exelon’s 2018 Innovation Expo
innovative program to provide meaningful employment to adults with autism stole the show at Exelon’s 2018 Innovation Expo held last week in Washington, D.C. (South Jersey Observer)

A program to provide meaningful employment to people with autism, run by energy company Pepco Holdings and Wilmington-based disability employment promoters The Precisionists, won the Exelon Innovation Expo. Pepco employees with autism enter a four-week career development course, then work managing and updating databases, processing invoices and analyzing customer care information.

Read the full story from South Jersey Observer here.

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