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I was nonverbal for the first few years of my life and was diagnosed with autism at 4. Public speaking used to be one of my greatest challenges. One of my many dreams though growing up was to give a TED Talk. After overcoming many challenges thanks to rigorous amounts of therapy, giving a TED […]
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Most families I talk to today are always looking for facts and statistics about autism to help better educate themselves and their communities. Thanks to wearing many hats in the autism community, today I wanted to share the top 36 things I believe our community should know about autism. Need a speaker for your company
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American Express is helping our community Light It Up Blue on World Autism Awareness Day on April 2nd! I was given the amazing opportunity to give a presentation to their special needs parent group on what autism is, how I got involved with the cause and finally, how American Express could Light It Up Blue!
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In 2007, the United Nations declared April 2nd of each year as World Autism Awareness Day. A few years later, in honor of the day a global autism awareness initiative was born called Light It Up Blue. On that day people all over the world shine a light on autism by going blue! My personal
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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.
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With Autism Awareness Month coming up I wanted to spotlight a short documentary that I was able to take part in just 2 and a half years ago. The documentary above, directed and produced by Maria Perez looks at the spectrum of autism from the perspective of three adults who have autism. The mission of
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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
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I had the wonderful opportunity to be interviewed on the Autism Live Show to discuss the impact Light It Up Blue has had on our autism community every year on World Autism Awareness Day on April 2nd. During the interview I discussed 5 ways you can Light It Up Blue for the big day and
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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
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“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill Last week as part of The College of New Jersey’s Spread The Word to End The Word Week I discussed my experiences growing up being called the word “retarded.” Spread The Word which started in
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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.