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Book Review: Celeste Shally’s “Since We’re Friends: An Autism Picture Book”


Posted by Erin Rogers on September 24th, 2008

Last night my kids and I read Since We’re Friends: An Autism Picture Book by Celeste Shally (with a Foreword by Alison Singer of Autism Speaks).

Reading the book reminds me how important it is that we Read More » »

Three cheers for autism program innovation


Posted by Erin Rogers on May 13th, 2008

Last month at the Easter Seals Training Conference I had the great honor of accepting an award for my affiliate’s expansion of comprehensive services for children and families living with autism. The award is the Lou Lowenkron award for Program Innovation, and it’s given to one Easter Seals affiliate staff person each year.

They say it takes a village to raise Read More » »

Autism and the economic divide


Posted by Erin Rogers on February 6th, 2008

A Newsday article looks at why affluent school districts “classify more than five times as many of their students with autism as districts at the opposite end of the economic spectrum.”

The Newsday survey drew on state data from school districts whose enrollments were more than 500.
Advocates who have compiled similar data voice concern that many Read More » »