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Working Artist Goals: Jackson signed to professional representation

February 21, 2019 By Rene

When a person with a disability begins to “age out” of school, this can be a very stressful time for everyone. One of the ways that families/schools work together to help someone like Jackson or anyone that is enrolled in special education within the United States is to create a “transition plan.” We (his family […]

Filed Under: Art, Art Commissions, Careers in Art, Employment Tagged With: Animation, Animator, art, Art Exhibits, autism, autism art, Autism Awareness, Autism Talent, Careers in Art, Illustration, Illustrator, outsider art, Sage Studios ATX, Temple Grandin, Transition planning, Working Artist

First Job for Jackson

July 31, 2018 By Rene

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 […]

Filed Under: Employment, Transition, Transition Planning, work skills Tagged With: Autism Employment, First Job, Goodwill Industries, Inclusion Employment, Neurodiversity, Transition planning

End of the Year Thoughts

May 31, 2018 By Rene

Well, friends, it’s the end of another school year. At this time of year, I always take stock of how far we’ve come and how much we still have to accomplish, Jackson and me, on his march to independence. We have three years left to achieve this before we are done with public school. All […]

Filed Under: Autism Education, Transition, Transition Planning Tagged With: autism, Autism Future, Autism Talent, Autism Transition, Special Education, Special Healthcare needs, Transition planning

The Future is Autism

December 10, 2017 By Rene

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 […]

Filed Under: Employment, Growing up with autism, Linguistics, Transition Planning, work skills Tagged With: autism, Autism Employment, Autism Talent, Autism Transition planning, Disability employment, Harvard Business Review, Transition planning, Working Artist

From the Blog

  • Support Texas Artists With Disabilities September 8, 2021
  • “Christ has been born” Pencil on paper by Jackson December 12, 2020
  • Time to Deck the Halls with New Art from Jackson’s EyeTV December 2, 2019
  • Autism Inclusion Works November 7, 2019
  • Time flies, but gratitude is forever July 31, 2019

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