Volunteer for MIT

MIT's Open Courseware is looking for someone to help them add subtitles to some video lectures in Electrical Engineering. I imagine this could be a remote job and rather interesting too:  http://twitter.com/#!/MITOCW/status/108230839736864768

Volunteer for Aspiritech: in Chicago and remote

Want to help out Aspiritech? Check out their volunteer needs here: http://www.aspiritech.org/join/ (bottom of page)

Some of it you would have to be in Chicago but with the website & graphic design, fundraising and PR campaigns you could certainly be remote. Consider helping out a great company.

VolunteerMatch.org

About once every three months or so someone reminds me of VolunteerMatch.org. It is a great place to look for suitable volunteer activities.

Redefining Unemployment for those with Aspergers or High Functioning Autism

I recently completed my article on redefining unemployment. Check it out: Redefining Unemployment

The basic idea is that Aspies and HFA folk should take up side projects during their time of not making money at a job. The benefits of this are:

• Volunteer work is more flexible and can be done from home often
• It keeps the social interaction chops up
• References from the work help with the job search
• Potentially you might find a job via the volunteer work
• More skills/results on your resume cannot hurt

I even offer some suggestions that can be done from home online such as:

• Volunteer to help Project Gutenberg preserve public domain texts on the web
• Help the Electronic Frontier Foundation wade through FOIA documents
• Become an Editor for the Open Directory Project in a category for a favored obsession