On April 7th 2020 Pat Salner, a Yes She Can board member, led a yoga session for Yes She can participants. Pat is a certified yoga instructor based in Connecticut. She’s also my auntie. How does yoga help us? Yoga helps us by staying calm and relaxed. It affects my brain by thinking more clearly. […]
World Autism Awareness Day in a Time of Social Distancing
Our world has turned upside down. What we have to do now for our own physical health and the health of our community is the opposite of what we want to be doing for the development of our young women with autism. Yes She Can’s job skills development program at Girl AGain is one of […]
Yes She Can and Girl AGain Support Flattening the Curve
As you read this, we hope you are all healthy! In our effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and support “flattening the curve” of the pandemic through social distancing, we have decided to take the following actions: Postpone our Advocates for Adults with Autism Awards event until September 30, 2020. Close our physical store, […]
Good job
How do you know when you are meeting or exceeding expectations at work? Rarely does the boss say “good job”. But most of us can pick up subtle cues from our manager. Our trainees don’t. They have autism, and subtle cues elude them. And besides, for most of their lives they’re been told what they […]
REV UP: your vote counts
REV UP: Register, Educate, Vote, Use your Power. Because of misconception, reluctance, inaccessibility, or apathy, people with disabilities have had exceptionally low voter turnout on election day. People with disabilities represent 20% of the population yet have very little political clout compared with other “minority” groups. Every US citizen over the age of 18 has […]
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