team member

I am the very first employee with autism hired here! I clean printing screens, take out the garbage, give tours, service our printers and run errands. I do all the local deliveries with a smile! My favorite part about working here are my co-workers.

team member

I am kind and funny! I enjoy folding t-shirts and putting them in boxes for customers to pick up. My favorite aspect of TAC is I like feeling productive and it is great to work at a place that knows that I am not neurotypical and accommodates that.

community outreach

My favorite part about TAC is they give individuals with autism jobs while at the same time teaching them skills & training to be successful. When not at work, you can find me behind a microphone. I am the producer/host of The DJBC Happy Hour on WCRS-FM.

team member

I make buttons, count shirts, and clean. They like to call me the Queen of Making Buttons because I make them so fast. I am very good at stuffing envelopes too. I have a smile for everyone and I give the best hugs.

team member

I love coming into work wearing pun t-shirts and flashy cool sneakers. My favorite tasks at work are making buttons, folding/counting shirts and helping out anywhere I can. I am proud to work at TAC because they let me express myself and let me be me!

team member

I am the jokester at work & I make everyone laugh. I’m good at quality control and folding shirts. My favorite part about working here is they completely understand me. I also love that I am able to be a part of a group that values people with autism.

team member

I love to switch it up and work on different tasks during my shifts but I do enjoy making buttons the most.

team member

I love to work with my fellow team members and I am always making funny comments to make everyone laugh.

intern

intern

intern

team member

Founder & Co-Owner

I love printing t-shirts and I love watching our employees thrive. My dedication to the autism community comes from being a proud autism mom and an advocate for special needs inclusion in the workforce.

art director

At TAC I discovered a place where I have a hand in helping others while sharing my love for creating. I am inspired by the strength and perseverance of the people here at TAC & I am so thrilled to be a part of this incredible team.

Co-Owner

I've always searched for a job where I felt like I was at home. I found that here at TAC. I love that I get to be creative and spend time with our awesome employees. They inspire, teach and help me grow everyday and I cannot imagine working anywhere else!

director of sales & studio manager

I love being a part of such an awesome company and seeing our employees grow everyday. It has truly been an amazing experience to see our employees gain confidence in themselves and have fun along the way!

director of sales

Being a pediatric RN for 12 years, I have always wanted to help people. My oldest son, Colin, is autistic and he is my biggest hero. I have such great passion for the autistic community and I also have a huge obsession with amazing merchandise. I found myself with the perfect opportunity by being a part of TAC and helping our employees thrive!

director of sales

Hello! My name is Jillian Lang. I have two amazing boys, an incredible husband and a house full of animals. My older son, who is now 11, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 and Autism shortly after. Our lives took a crazy spin and that is when we realized how important it is to have a community of support and resources. The Awesome Company is an important and unique part of that support system in central Ohio. I have always supported and admired The Awesome Company for creating a company that supports the autistic community in such a special way. Now I get to work with them. I feel so lucky to be in a position where I feel truly passionate about the company I work for and their mission.

Lauren is a 31 year old artist currently in the “I am Boundless” Spire Arts program. She enjoys anything indoraptor, from the latest Jurassic Park series. She watches the movies, plays the games, and draws as many as she can on any medium: clothes, canvas, and paper. She thinks they are awesome! She loves doing art because it’s been something she was good at when she was little. She is always exploring new mediums and hopes to grow her portfolio as much as possible.

I love to make art because it expresses my feelings. In addition to creating art, I enjoy racing cars. What I think makes me awesome is that I am a friendly and relaxed person. Creating and sharing art with others is my passion.

My favorite hobbies are creating art, reading books and spending time online. I love making art because I feel inspired by the world around me. Some things I would like people to know about me is that I am smart, talented, and kind. I have been drawing since I could hold a pen, and what makes me special is my desire to inspire others through my work.

Rrraaahhhh! Don’t be scared. That is a happy growl that says, “My name is Curtis, but my friends call me Curt Dawg!” I’m a 10 year old non-verbal boy with Autism, so I don’t communicate with words some might understand, but I’ve been told I have the best laugh and smile. Communication might be tough at times for me, but my laughs, growls, hoots, and my talker help me to make sure I’m heard and understood! I love Pixar movies (tie between Dory and Buzz), Youtube kids silly songs, swings, trampolines, spinning chairs, squeezes, tickles, Ranch Cheese-It Grooves, and candy (especially jelly-beans and Skittles). Hoot Tah! That’s Curt Dawg for ‘Glad you like my art and thanks for being kind to kids like myself!’

Hi Boys and Girls! Evan Bowers here! You may know me from my show “Evan the Boy.” I’m a 12 year old boy who is a big fan of Cheese Pizza (brought to you by Pizza Hut) and Cheese Burgers (brought to you by McDonald’s). My love of art comes from animated movies, particularly Pixar movies (Toy Story 3 is my fave!) and drawing dinosaurs (T.Rexes are the best!). When not doodling cartoons and comics, making my Evan the Boy series, and going to school I like Nintendo games (Mario Voice: Here we go!) and Roller Coasters (King’s Island’s Diamondback is the best Hypercoaster.) Thanks for believing in me and those like me. Our future is bright!

I love my family, watching for CSX Trains, playing Legos, Mario, Mickey Mouse and being outside. Art is fun because I can get messy. My favorite food is cheese pizza with pineapples. I am proud of family and my heart shirt.

Michelle is a 28 year old local Dayton Artist who inspires to create beautiful realistic works of art. She has been painting for years and has built up quiet the portfolio. She enjoys illustrating flowers and famous country singers like Dolly Parton and Billy Ray Cyrus. She has been in several art programs like "We Care Arts," and "I Am Boundless-Spire Arts." She hopes to continue to make art, and one day sell it in her own store.

My name is Jarret Day and I love to draw. I like watching Animes and Marvel movies (Spiderman is my favorite) and reading graphic novels. In my spare time, I walk and play with my dog, Roxy, and rollerblade.

Asher is 8. He loves the movie Cars, going outside, and is an ace at claw machines. He likes to go to the park to look for salamanders and frogs. He loves ferrets too. Asher is also a big music fan. He is very funny and wants to be a comedian.

Emmaline is 7. She loves rules and regulations. Her favorite thing is to brush her teeth every day for exactly two minutes. She likes the musical Six and enjoys singing lyrics. She loves dogs and spends her day drawing them. She’s the artist in the family and can’t wait to take art classes at the museum.

Calista is also 7. She lives the mariner lifestyle. She loves all things aquatic. She loves jellyfish very much. Specifically, a moon jellyfish because it doesn’t sting. She is very gifted at math. A fun fact about her is that she’s really good at rhyming.

Gabriel "Gabe" Hund is in the 9th grade at Dublin Coffman High School where he serves on the Yearbook team and is the co-founder of the Pokémon club. Gabe is a prolific artist and in 2017 he was selected as an Accessible Expressions Ohio Artist winning 1st place Youth Artist in the State of Ohio for his piece "Chicken Elmo." Again, in 2023, Gabe won 1st place Youth Artist for his piece “Dancing Grave Ravers”. His art often portrays vivid snapshots of the colorful, animated movies that are playing in his head. Gabe is an avid collector of many things, including Plush Birds, Baby Beethoven Bears, and Grave Raver Dancing Statues. When Gabe is not collecting, producing and creating, he enjoys "chillaxing", swimming, listening to music and spending time with a few good friends, his brother Lev and beloved dog JJ.

I'm autistic. I'm 18 years old. My pronouns are they/she and nonbinary. I love watching cartoons to heal my inner child. Art is my outlet. I use it to express myself, cope with trauma, calm myself down, or pick myself up on a rough day. At the moment, I am going through a depressive episode and find it hard to make time to do what I love. However, I am not going to give up. I refuse to lose this battle; I refuse to let my depression take my life away from me. In my free time, I enjoy reading and collecting books/manga! At the moment, my favorite series are SPY X FAMILY, Demon Slayer, Heaven's Official Blessing, and I can keep going, but I'm going to stop there :)

I am an artist and creative entrepreneur working out of Goodwill Art Studio. I like making art because it makes me feel special and a sense of accomplishment. My skills include needlepoint, painting, sales, and getting things done. My favorite hobbies are cross-stitching and crocheting. I am awesome because I exhibit and sell my art at craft fairs!

Michael enjoys playing video games, playing guitar and making movies. His favorite foods are cheese pizza, cookies and cheese quesadillas. Michael has enjoyed art and drawing from a very young age. He would love to go to college in the future and study animation. He is a very easy going and happy which makes him awesome!

Colin is 12 years old and has a younger brother and sister. Colin likes Papa John's cheese pizza and McDonald's plain cheeseburgers. He joined the middle school band this year and loves learning how to play percussion. He likes going to musicals and Beatle tribute band concerts. Colin has always loved the alphabet and his favorite show is Wheel of Fortune. He can't wait to show off his Wheel inspired art!

Mila Mitchell is a 19-year-old artist from Columbus. She enjoys character design work and is a newly commissioned artist at The Awesome Company. She enjoys solitude. Mila delights in drinking coffee, and creating art.

Finn thinks building Lego sets, taking them apart, then rebuilding them into some kind of robot is awesome! He loves to swim and his favorite color is green. He likes to draw so he can show other people his art and tell them the story behind each one.

I love making art because it is a creative outlet for my active imagination. I absolutely love drawing. I have been drawing ever since I was very young and continue to draw because it is something I am passionate about. My other hobbies are reading, writing, going on nature walks, collecting gemstones, acting, volunteering, photography, singing and dancing. I am currently in college to get my Associates Degree in Studio Art, because I always dreamed of using my hobby and talent in the work field ever since I was little and hope to become a character designer because I absolutely love coming up with character designs and drawing them. I have a huge variety of special interests and I love talking about them because my special interests mean a lot to me, they make me happy and I love buying things related to my special interests such as clothing, figures, plushies and more.