The project aTypik SpAce

Favoring durable employability for people with ASD

In the year 2026, the Fondation Autisme Luxembourg launched the project aTypik SpAce. 

The project aims to favour the maintenance of work and quality of work life for people with austism spectrum disorder (ASD) by developing a technological, educational and human ecosystem.

The inclusive approach of the project allows for a creation of concrete tools destined at the group of actors of the professional world (employers, colleagues and employees with ASD) in order to favour:

• durable and respectful integration of special needs; 

• mutual understanding;

• well-being at the work place.

   

The 5 main activities of the project

To attend its objectives, the project aTypik SpAce relies on 5 main activities: 

• a cooperative conception of the tools: collaborative workshops reuniting companies and people with ASD in order to develop the project's tools. The process also includes gathering needs, user testing, and continuous adjustments.

• an e-learning online module: the project offers interactive and multilingual workshops to spread awareness on ASD through testimonies of people with autism, scenarios, and personalised learning paths.

• a dedicated messaging platform: the secured and dedicated platform allows the access to a chatbot which answers first-level questions and the asking of questions concerning lived work-situations.

• virtual reality tools (VR) : 

  two immersive experiences will be developped:

  VR well-being: a space for sensory regulation destined at employees with ASD;

  VR sensibilisation : an immersive experience allowing colleagues and managers to better understant the challenges encountered by people with autisme in the work place. 

• diffusion of the tools: the tools will be spread through webinars, events, publications and training partnerships

Target audiences

The project is currently aimed at 50 people with ASD, 30 partner-companies, and 150 collaborators (managers, HR, colleagues)

Duration

The project is planned for a duration of 2 years: from the 1st of January 2026 until the 31st december 2027.

Financing

The project aTypik SpAce is supported by the FSE+ (Fonds Social Européen plus) and the Oeuvre Nationale.