About the project
From visible strengths to inclusive employment
ASC SkillsPath addresses a key transition gap: inclusive VET can provide learning opportunities, but competences are not always translated into validated, portable and employer-recognised evidence.
The challenge
Why ASC SkillsPath?
Autistic and neurodivergent learners may have strong vocational and transversal competences that are insufficiently reflected in conventional assessment and recruitment processes. The project therefore moves from deficit-focused judgement toward transparent, strength-oriented competence recognition.
The project response
- Autism-informed competence framework aligned with VET and labour-market profiles
- AI-supported assessment-to-improvement mechanism
- Continuous multimodal skills tracking
- Micro-credentials and a validated Digital Skills Passport
- Employer co-design and competence-based matching
Objectives
What ASC SkillsPath aims to achieve
Recognise strengths fairly
Develop accessible, low-stress and evidence-based assessment that captures competence through realistic, multimodal tasks.
Support individual progression
Use competence gaps to generate targeted support pathways, followed by reassessment and continuous skills tracking.
Improve employment transitions
Make competences portable and understandable through micro-credentials, a Skills Passport and employer-aligned matching logic.
Target groups
Who is involved?
Primary target groups
- Autistic learners and neurodivergent young adults in VET or transition-to-work phases
- Learners at risk of exclusion because competences remain invisible or do not fit traditional skill profiles
Participants contribute to competence-framework validation, task and interface usability, learning and micro-credential pilots, and final Skills Passport feedback.
Secondary target groups
- VET providers, trainers and career-guidance professionals
- Employers, HR managers and internship supervisors
- Inclusive employment services and policy stakeholders
They co-design competence definitions, validate Skills Passports and matching logic, and test recruitment and translation tools.
European added value
Comparable, portable and transferable
Transnational validation is used to strengthen competence comparability, cross-border portability of micro-credentials, fairness of AI-supported assessment and the transferability of employer tools across different European VET contexts.
Consortium
Partners collaborating from code to career
The partnership combines technology, autism expertise, vocational education, validation environments and labour-market networks.
Innoversa Factory GmbH
Coordinator; project governance, quality assurance, pedagogical/immersive task design and system integration.
Udruga za cjelozivotno strukovno obrazovanje STRUKA
Labour-market alignment, employer engagement, dissemination and exploitation.
Industrijsko-obrtnicka skola
School-based VET piloting and cross-country validation with learners.
FPDA – Federação Portuguesa de Autismo
Autism expertise, ethical oversight, accessibility and sensory-friendly validation.
njudev web-development
Development of the central accessible platform, dashboards and technical integration.
KE PARTNERS FRANCE SARL
AI architecture, competence classification and adaptive pathway modelling.
OTEMA TSA
Autism-informed field validation, employability expertise and access to target groups in France.
Bugenhagen Berufsbildungswerk Timmendorfer Strand
Large-scale Living Lab implementation and pedagogical validation in inclusive VET.
