Autism’s Growing Problem

• By: Rabbi Simcha Weinstein Jewish Autism Network
• May 5th, 2023
• advocacy, COVID-19, education, finding support, hospitalization, housing crisis, Jewish Autism Network, meltdowns, parenting, residential school, summer camp
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As kids with autism become teenagers and adults, fewer and fewer services are available to help them and their families In March 2020, my wife and I dropped our teenage son off at a residential school for kids with autism in Boston. It was the day after Purim - just before the world seemed to...

When Residential Schooling Is an Option

• By: Susan Polesinelli
• October 1st, 2019
• behavior issues, Fall 2019 Issue, parenting, residential school
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As a single mom of a nine-year-old autistic son, I would never have imagined my son being placed in a residential school setting. All of the autism characteristics were there at the tender age of two. Through early intervention services and then my son being placed in a New York City District 75...