Couple with autism featured on Good Morning America

Posted by Beth Finke on March 2nd, 2009

Here’s a follow up to Patricia Wright’s Autism, adulthood … and love post — you know, the one about the two young people with autism who fell in love and were featured in a Glamour Magazine article.

Well, that article must have caught somebody’s attention at ABC TV — after the magazine came out, David Hamrick, 29, …Read More » »

Another “Extreme Makeover” for Easter Seals

Posted by Beth Finke on January 9th, 2009

Remember our blog post last March about the Extreme Home Makeover show? Back then, actress Marlee Matlin had appeared on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to present a $50,000 college scholarship to Stefan Vardon. Stefan’s parents are both deaf and his younger brother has autism. Matlin is an amazing advocate for people with disabilities and …Read More » »

Courting the “special needs vote”

Posted by Beth Finke on October 28th, 2008

Our son turned 2 right before the 1988 presidential election. Gus was enrolled in our local Birth to Three Early Intervention Program then, and would be entering the world of special education at our local public school the next year. If Michael Dukakis or George H.W. Bush had mentioned “special needs” in a speech or debate in 1988, I …Read More » »