How to create a business for your teen with autism

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Replacing Fear with Purpose in the New Year

Ben Borré shows off his Shreds (c) Firestarters at Good Cause Gifts in West Hartford, CT Most families I know that have a child with a...

Kenneth Branaugh's Death on the Nile: A movie review + autism awareness

I get lost in good movies. I love the escape. At home, I pop popcorn, get in PJs, and make a big show of “THE MOVIE’S STARTING!!!!!!”....

Ben Gets Vaccinated Injection averse and 6’1”- What do we do?

Ben is a good looking 20 year old guy. He has profound autism and an intellectual disability which, for him, means that he cannot talk,...

Johnson & Johnson's Chocolate Flavored Vaccine

Like most things, getting vaccinated is complicated for Ben. Ben is almost 20 years old, with profound autism/nonverbal. Prior Proper...

14(c): When Good Intentions Lead to Bad Results

Why would a parent advocate for their disabled child to be paid less than minimum wage? This seems crazy right? Shouldn’t parents be...

A SENSORY FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE OF POPS 'N JAZZ

We knew we had a good thing when the Director of Pops’n Jazz approached US this year to ask whether we would like a Sensory Friendly...

An Epic Holiday Party

The WeHUB (West Hartford Unified Business) Holiday party brought together 2 high schools in a perfect storm of hunger, pizza, presents,...

When It Clicks

It’s not easy to connect with people when you can’t talk. Or type. When you get so sensory overloaded you sometimes just want to run away...

A Day in the Life of WeHa Business Club

I am a few minutes late and the students are already knee deep in ideas. H offers up a Kodak instant pix idea for football games. A...

We Learned a Lot This Year

Our club has been growing and growing over the last year! We have had so many new opportunities to sell, and we have learned so much from...