Engineer a Different Future
A Father’s Journey to Rethink Autism Employment & Build Lasting Social Impact
What if the barriers to meaningful employment aren't found in the individual, but in the systems we've built around them? A true story that challenges assumptions and explores a different way forward.
A Personal Journey
A father's determination to build a better future for his son.
Rethinking Inclusion
Challenging old assumptions and finding new ways forward.
Meaningful Work
Creating real opportunities built around individual abilities.
Sustainable Impact
Building employment models that create lasting value.
A Broader Future
Sharing ideas that can inspire change in communities everywhere.
About The Book
What will happen to Brian after high school, and when his mother and I are no longer here?
That question began a journey that would change how Ling Huang thought about autism, ability, and the opportunities available to autistic adults.
Engineer a Different Future follows a father's determination to build a better future for his son, sharing the challenges, discoveries, and lessons that led to a new approach to meaningful employment and inclusion.
Along the way, it challenges traditional assumptions and explores how changing the systems around people can create opportunities for individuals, families, and communities.
Inside the Pages
A Father's Journey
The personal experiences, challenges, and lessons that started it all.
Engineering Inclusion
Discovering how technology, workplace design, and human support can work together to create sustainable employment opportunities.
Rethinking Ability
Why changing the environment can unlock opportunities that traditional systems overlook.
The Power of Community
How families, employers, educators, and community partners can work together to create opportunities that last.
Building a Better Future
How inclusive employment can create lasting value for individuals, families, and communities.
Challenging the Status Quo
Real stories of challenges, unexpected discoveries, and the partnerships that helped turn ideas into meaningful change.
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About the Author
Ling Huang
is an engineer, entrepreneur, founder of Technology North, and father of two sons, including Brian, who is on the autism spectrum.
His personal journey as a father led him to rethink traditional approaches to autism employment and explore how workplaces could be designed around individual abilities.
Through years of research, experimentation, challenges, and collaboration, that journey helped shape an inclusive employment model built around meaningful work, technology, and human support.
Engineer a Different Future shares the lessons learned along the way and invites others to imagine what might be possible.