The story of Darius McCollum is brilliant and tragic at the same time, he was trained on the side by the drivers who were fascinated how much he enjoyed the trains and they let him drive them while they would go off for lunch or whatever.
He was arrested so many times though and wouldn't hire him for those reasons but always felt a bit cruel.
Couldn't he be trained to be a responsible train or bus driver? It's a shame not to let society benefit from this kind of passion.
I once knew a homeless guy who desperately wanted to become a metro driver. He got into a training program, then someone else revealed that he was homeless, and he got kicked out. That sort of thing is just tragic and destructive.
Of course in the case of an autistic person, it's not a given that he will be able to carry the responsibility for driving such a vehicle, but I say it's worth at least trying, and finding some spot for him.
The thing is he was trained, unofficially and he did a flawless job! No issues, would announce each stops on the trams and was supposedly super helpful to everyone.
They just couldn't hire him because he had been charged with it. And it's public transport in NYC IIRC doesn't allow.
He was arrested so many times though and wouldn't hire him for those reasons but always felt a bit cruel.