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With the HUGE announcement of Ford’s job training program where they will hire people with autism we wanted to give our families a list of companies that have been doing the same. Want to learn more about these companies’ initiatives? Simply click on their names below! These companies include… Microsoft Microsoft Recruiting Employees With Autism […]
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Ford Motor Company is doing something AMAZING to include those with autism as part of their workforce! In a partnership with the Autism Alliance of Michigan, a new program called FordInclusiveWorks will look to hire people with autism in roles in Ford’s product development division. This program will last for no longer than 90 days
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When I started dating at 18 I had NO idea how to talk to women. Many of the people I dated meant well however they may not have understand some of the quirks that people on the spectrum like me may have. For example as a kid I hated being touched. Ten years later as a 28-year-old
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Have you ever been curious to know if anyone from the early years of history may have been on the autism spectrum? How about some of today’s most famous people? I’ve been honored as a professional speaker to be featured on many lists with autism advocates such as Temple Grandin and Stephen Shore for our
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Has anyone ever come up to you and asked you point blank ‘what is autism?’ As someone who has made a career in public speaking, I’m asked by hundreds of people each year who are just being introduced to autism for the first time what autism is. While autism is defined as a social and
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I first found out I had autism when I was 11. I went up to one of my teachers and asked them point blank, “People have always said that I was special, but why am I special?” When the teacher responded and asked me to talk to my parents I sat them down to talk
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This guest Q&A is with Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A., a former teacher who speaks internationally about SPD’s effect on children’s learning and behavior and how families, teachers, therapists and other professionals can help. Her first book in the “Sync” series, The Out-of-Sync Child, was recently selected by Brain, Child magazine as one of the top ten books about children
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Looking for something new to watch? A new show called “Speechless” has been picked up by ABC. The show that looks at the lives of a family with three children includes one teenager named JJ who’s nonverbal and uses a wheelchair. What makes the show even that more interesting is that the actor who plays
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Chicago White Sox slugger Jose Abreu in collaboration with Easter Seals Metropolitian Chiacgo (ESMC) Therapeutic School and Center for Autism Research has started a new community program called Abreu’s Amigos that is focused on social development for those with autism and other special needs. As reported by ESMC, Abreu presented their center with a $10,000
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Any baseball fans out there? Players from the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers took some time out of their schedule to help students with autism at NYC Autism Charter School to learn more about the game of baseball. As first reported by Players Trust, this event was hosted by the Players Trust’s City Clinics
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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.
