Please help me find a job for my son. While you’re at it, help me find jobs for the thousands of other Michiganians with autism whose talents are being wasted over discrimination, lack of preparation and other barriers to the workforce.

Tyler, 28, graduates this month from Saginaw Valley State University with a history degree after a decade of grinding his way through education and social challenges that most of us can’t fathom. He is my hero. Words can’t describe how proud I am of my son with a strong work ethic, photographic memory, a wry sense of humor, a compassionate soul and a deeply seated sense of integrity that comes with autism’s literal-mindedness. The kid can’t lie.

While these and other attributes make people on the spectrum extraordinary employees, their career paths are cr

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