March 2015

A few years ago, I helped author Autism Speaks Post Secondary Educational Opportunities Guide which is focused on helping those with autism succeed in college. This guide is designed to help our community explore the different opportunities and learning environments after leaving high school. With only about one third of youth with autism attending college […]

Today at Autism Speaks we launched our new Adult Diagnosis Tool Kit focused on helping to assist adults who believe they may have autism. I’m thrilled to share that I was featured in the Tool Kit for my story and in the conclusion with one of my favorite quotes where I wrote… “Everyone has challenges.

I had the great honor of presenting to The New York Center for Child Development in Harlem, New York about early intervention and school-based services for children with autism. During my talk I reflected back on my life as a toddler living with autism. I broke down some of my challenges and the need for educators

In 2011, we founded the organization KFM Making a Difference with the hopes of helping individuals with special needs across the lifespan. With that one of our missions was to help give scholarships out to individuals with autism to pursue college. Since KFM was founded we’ve been able to give out 13 scholarships for adults