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Grant recipient spotlight: Training to work at Aspiritech… from startups to Fortune 500 companies, like Goldman Sachs. In 2011, Autism Speaks awarded the company a community impact grant to fund a job coach to train 10 new autistic adults. Below Brad Cohen, Aspiritech’s CMO, explains the key to their … The result: employee surveys and parent reports suggest increased self-esteem and self-determination among our employees. … Grant recipient spotlight: Training to work at Aspiritech …

Autism Speaks announces 2021 Norma and Malcom Baker Recreation Grant Recipients… We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2021 Autism Speaks Norma and Malcom Baker Recreation Grants . These grants fund programs that provide autistic people of all ages with social and educational experiences that positively impact …

Coffee shop serves up employment opportunities for autistic young adults… I was introduced to Fran Hines, a trustee of Belmar First Aid Squad. He and a few other trustees had the opportunity to grant money to local charities and nonprofits in the area. Thankfully, they chose the Kindness Cafe!”  Now in its second …

Research to Practice: Expanding Opportunities for Employment… Assessments from the Alpine Learning Group The Alpine Learning Group of Paramus, N.J., with the support through a grant from NEXT for AUTISM from the proceeds of Comedy Central’s  Night of Too Many Stars , developed two assessments to be …