Vocational research on special populations shows that young adults with disabilities that hold paid employment by age 18 have a much greater chance of being employed as an adult. With this in mind, even though it was a stretch goal for Jackson, he signed up to be a part of our community’s Goodwill summer jobs […]
Art show a BIG success
Imagine a room full of acceptance, a place where the artistic spirit is revered, a place of celebration of differences, where families and people on the spectrum, regardless of intensity of symptoms, are fawned over for the creative gifts that they bring to the community. Well, now you are picturing the art opening for “Viewpoints: […]
The Future is Autism
To be encouraged by the chances of people on the autism spectrum being gainfully employed one day, read “Why the Australian Defence is Recruiting Cyber Analysts on the Autism Spectrum,” written by Robert D. Austin, Michael Fieldhouse, Aiyaswami Mohan, and Peter Quinn in the December 07, 2017 issue of the Harvard Business Review. This is one […]
Transitioning into Adulthood with Autism
Jackson has now reached the age where our state has “transition services” as a part of his IEP planning. So, that means that we are busy, in Jackson’s world trying to get him ready to perform some kind of skill for money…you know, go to work! So, we set up this website where we sell […]
Jackson’s Holiday Show a Success!
Jackson held an art show on December 11 and we had about 60 people come by during our two-hour Holiday Sale and Show. We displayed pen and ink drawings that Jackson created in his art classes over the last few years. These will be on display at an Austin hair salon’s art gallery for […]
Why tests can’t measure intelligence with autism
My son loves to write stories, books and songs. He spends the majority of his free time writing. In fact, we (me and my group of dedicated volunteers) have several books written by Jackson that we are working on publishing in 2017. One of these is a collection of poetry about sacred bodies of water. […]
Entrepreneurism and Autism
All day long, every day, Jackson is “working” on projects in his office. (His father and I created what we thought he would use as an art studio, but he quickly dubbed it, “My office.”) Most days, he goes to school or camp, pays attention as best he can, and yet as soon as he’s […]