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It’s every parent’s nightmare, your child has disappeared from sight.  Maybe you were checking prices and your toddler slipped away, or maybe your daughter saw a dog outside and figured out how to open your latch.  It only takes seconds for a child to escape your care.   For most parents it’s a brief crisis, ended

A job gives you identity.  Independence.  It provides an important link to health insurance and benefits and it leads to social relationships. Yet meaningful employment is basically out of reach for many with Autism.   A 2021 study published in the National Library of Medicine found that adults with an autism diagnosis have an unemployment rate of

Support the autism community!  Like every other teen and young adult, youth with autism or ASD need and want jobs, a social life and affordable and inclusive housing.  Offer a job.  If you have a position available contact your local Autism support agency, odds are they offer job placement services and even support staff to

For over 50 years we’ve celebrated Autism Awareness Month in April.  But that’s changing.  In Delaware they celebrate Autism Acceptance and Inclusion Month while the Center for Disease Control shortens it to Autism Acceptance Month.  Autism Speaks adds in the rest of the globe to celebrate April as World Autism Month.   What’s in a name?