Bethel agency’s Growing Possibilities provides jobs for autistic adults
News Times (Conn.)
A grass-roots effort is giving new hope to adults with autism who are looking for career opportunities.
“In the next couple of years there will be a wave of kids on the autistic spectrum who will be getting out of school and looking for employment,” said Joan Volpe, the vice president of Connecticut services for the Bethel-based Ability Beyond Disability. “And we don’t have enough programs in place designed to help them be successful.”
That’s why Volpe and others who are equally concerned created Growing Possibilities, a not-for-profit business enterprise that provides employment and vocational training for those with autism, as well as other disabilities, through growing and selling roses.
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Posted on July 27, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism, Caregiving | Tags: adults with autism
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