Shortly afterward, a college friend of Pinchbeck's, Jim Lyman, approached him with an interesting proposition.

CNN: Rose farm helps adults with autism bloom

So far three applications have been submitted, with turbines also planned for Manby and Pinchbeck in Lincolnshire.

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Guilford, Connecticut (CNN) -- Tom Pinchbeck never dreamed he'd turn his family rose farm into an employment center for people with autism.

CNN: Rose farm helps adults with autism bloom

"Lyman approached me with the idea of using the greenhouses as a background for vocational therapy for people on the autism spectrum, " Pinchbeck says.

CNN: Rose farm helps adults with autism bloom

In 2008, faced with a sagging U.S. economy and fierce international competition from South American rose growers, Pinchbeck found himself priced out of the market.

CNN: Rose farm helps adults with autism bloom

Talking about the first release, the creator Dan Pinchbeck was more confident that it was powered by a game engine than that it was actually a game.

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Now Pinchbeck is working with the group Ability Beyond Disability to put a dent in a staggering statistic: the group says 88% of American adults with autism are unemployed.

CNN: Rose farm helps adults with autism bloom