Along with the Japanese Consulate from midtown Manhattan, Mrs. Akie Abe, the wife of Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, and Mrs. Masako Takahashi, the wife of the Ambassador, visited Girl AGain to observe and learn about a job skills development program for young women on the autism spectrum. I appreciated their interest in […]
Adjusting to college this fall – by Alexandra
Marissa likes video games and drawing. Marissa is twenty-one years old. She lives in White Plains, New York. She has a sister named Katie. Marissa lives with her mother and father. Marissa has autism but Marissa can face new challenges on her own. Marissa is a strong young woman with a lot of courage and […]
Overcoming phone fear by Mackenzie
Hi, everyone. My name is Mackenzie, and I work at Girl Again. Like all the other trainees, I’m on the Autistic Spectrum. I was only diagnosed when i was 18, (I’m now 21) meaning I had to go throughout most of my life without any help with many of the issues the people on the […]
From Trainee to Entrepreneur. By Cassidy
My name is Cassidy Harrison. I am an adult living with Autism. If you don’t know about autism, it is a Spectrum Disorder or Disability. What that means is that some people are affected by it more than others. For example some people with autism have no language and others can speak and understand people […]
Carly goes to work. By Ann Searle Horowitz
When my daughter, Carly, turned 16, she knew it was time to get a job. We had been talking this up for several years. “It’s what good, responsible citizens in our family do over the summer when they are 16,” we said with conviction. She knew we also expected her younger twin brothers to do […]