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Sacramento philanthropists, Marc Turtletaub and Maureen Curran-Turtletaub, established Meristem in 2014 on 13 "bucolic" acres near the American River, so that autistic young adults can more successfully transition into an evolving post-industrial society. The goal is for students to get jobs and live independently.
TeachTown is an American company that provides educational software to schools, clinicians and parents for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, or emotional and behavior disorders. TeachTown’s suite of special education curriculum provides students with moderate to severe ...
Christine LyBurtus, looking for a residential care facility for her autistic son, tours South Star 1, a Children's Community Crisis home serving adolescents ages 12-17 facility in Costa Mesa, CA.
Between 2020 and 2021, the number of California children and teens served by the state developmental disability system who were deemed to have "complex needs" — a state term for those who needed ...
A program where a select group of students help the school by setting up school events such as Campus Cleanups and give announcements to the students during Homeroom. Every Halloween the school has a carnival where the students are let out early and there is a miniature fair held around the student store where different clubs can sale food and ...
A autistic boy had a “sweet interaction” with a Washington State Fair worker and the encounter is going viral on TikTok. Solomon, 10, and his mom, Abby, went to the fair in Puyallup where they ...
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD) is an organization that provides a range of services based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) for children and adults on the autism spectrum. CARD was founded in 1990 by Doreen Granpeesheh. The Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, acquired CARD in 2018.
Ole Ivar Løvaas (8 May 1927 – 2 August 2010) [1] [2] was a Norwegian-American clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.He is most well known for his research on what is now called applied behavior analysis (ABA) to teach autistic children through prompts, modeling, and positive reinforcement.