Yesterday I wrote about 16-year-old Collin Driscoll’s Hire the Brain business—–in Maryland, 22-year-old Andrew Pegg of Frostburg owns Andilla Designs & Graphics, which personalizes gifts and adversing products. As noted in today’s Cumberland Times-News, Pegg, who is autistic, “has not spoken a single word since he was 2 years old.” He was recently awarded the Personal Achievement Award from the Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services and the Maryland Rehabilitation Association. Pegg receives assistance from his family, counselor, and Derrick Swandol, a job coach from Spectrum, a local non-profit agency.
I know it’s a long road ahead to figuring out a …read more