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I opened a Café to employ my daughter and others with special needs… tempering of expectations. Around the same time that I had the conversation with my friend, I was seeing these viral videos being shared around Facebook highlighting businesses that hire adults with various special needs. One, in particular, a video about Bitty & Beau’s coffee shop in Wilmington, NC, caught my attention. A coffee shop seemed an ideal business …

Parent Worries: Adult Son with Autism Still Obsessed with Barney… and encourage him or her to develop new abilities. Another option is to try pairing a new activity with one of his favorite videos. For example, with a Barney video playing in the background, the two of you might play a game of checkers. In this way, playing checkers may take on …