Man with autism helps design virtual world to make life better for adults like him

Kyle Barton, standing, who is on the autism spectrum, is a graduate and instructor at the nonPareil Institute in Plano, Texas. The institute is a non-profit that helps adults with autism through technical, vocational and social training. Shown on Wednesday May 2, 2018 are Iain Morrison, front, and Jake Raybon in the Unreal World Builder I class, where students learn a software used to create video games. (Ron Baselice/Dallas morning News/TNS)

PLANO, Texas: Kyle Barton is a 28-year-old guy on the autism spectrum. But he lives like the diagnosis isn't there. 

It's not that he's in denial; he just doesn't like the autism label.