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Kerry Magro, an award-winning speaker and best-selling author who’s on the autism spectrum has been nominated for Future Horizons Temple Grandin Award. Dr. Temple Grandin is one of the leading autism advocates in the world along with a best-selling author. In 2010 her life was turned into a biopic via HBO Films in ‘Temple Grandin.” […]
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This is the press release for our autism scholarship program for 2016. If you would like us to email you a copy of this to share with others please feel free to email us at KFMMakingADifference@gmail.com! “KFM Making a Difference”, an organization focused on housing and disability advocacy, after the recent success of their scholarship
Spring 2016 Autism Scholarship Application Opens Read More »
Thanks to the generous donations of members in our community we were able to reward 7 scholarships to students with autism for college in 2015. This was part of our Spring 2015 Making a Difference for Autism Scholarship Program which is ran through KFM Making a Difference, a non-profit that focuses on helping the special needs
2015 in Review: 7 Students with Autism Receive Scholarship Aid for College Read More »
Over the past several years there have been countless efforts to provide more autism-friendly events for our communities to enjoy! Growing up with autism in the early 90’s these events were limited but now are becoming more popular in different locations. An autism-friendly event usually entails having a private area for people with autism to
10 Places We Need More Autism-Friendly Events in 2016 Read More »
The U.S. Department of Education has released new numbers that show that the graduation rate for those with disabilities has risen for the third year in a row. As reported from Disability Scoop the new number indicates that 63.1 percent of high school students with disabilities in the United States in the 2013-2014 school year
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Every year more and more celebrities get involved with philanthropy work to help our communities. Here are several in 2015 that helped support our autism community! Adam Sandler Between volunteering to raise funds for autism and helping a boy with autism’s wish come true, Adam Sandler has showed his support towards the autism cause in
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I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to keynote on the same stage with Dr. Temple Grandin in the past about my life growing up on the autism spectrum from a nonverbal child to professional speaker today. Some time ago I watched a wonderful video featuring Dr. Grandin that I wanted to spotlight. Grandin who has autism
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A new initiative in Massachusetts called ‘Autism Eats’ is helping autism families go out on the town with other autism families to restaurants for a sensory-friendly eating experience! Started by Lenard and Delphine Zohn started this ‘supper club for families with children on the autism spectrum’ based on their own experiences with their son Adin
New Program Offers Autism-Friendly Dinners at Several Restaurants Read More »
As reported by Disability Scoop, The Courtyard by Marriott which has just opened in Muncie, Ind. will employ people with disabilities! Along with about 20% of the staff being people with disabilities, the teaching hotel will also offer 9 to 13-week training sessions for Indiana residents with disabilities that will focus on different vocational skills! What
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Last year the Paparazzi were following former couple Celebrity Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield in California as they were out to eat. Fed up with the constant following they came up with the idea to hide their faces from the publicity and hold up cards for the paparazzi to read to help support several charitable
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70 million individuals have autism worldwide. Because of this, in 2011, Kerry started “KFM Making a Difference” an organization that helps provide scholarships for adults with autism to attend college. Help support the cause today and “make a difference” in the lives of those with autism.
70 million individuals have autism worldwide. Because of this, in 2011, Kerry started “KFM Making a Difference” an organization that helps provide scholarships for adults with autism to attend college. Help support the cause today and “make a difference” in the lives of those with autism.
