by shelly andrews | May 29, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized
Today’s School Year Shout Out to Special Educators: My Husband and I want to give a special thank you to Mary Wong, special education teacher at Ravinia School in North Shore School District 112 in Highland Park. She has been a wonderful teacher to our son Alex Labedz... Read More
by shelly andrews | May 28, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized
Today’s School Year Shout Out to Special Educators comes from a student and his family: Katie Hueber, Emily Dailey, Emily Davault, and Jamie Keifer DeKalb School District #428 Early Learning and Development Center Student Justin age 3 Thank you for everything you do... Read More
by shelly andrews | May 27, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized
From Lyndsay Sarra, M.S., BCBA, Autism Home Support Services Today’s School Year Shout Out to Special Educators is from Lyndsay Sarra, a BCBA Specialist here at AHSS I would love to recognize: Beth Jarvis (principal), Kristin Aycock (teacher), and Kim Laniosz... Read More
by shelly andrews | May 27, 2015 | blog, business, Uncategorized
By Jonathan Slack, Market Research & Development Specialist, AHSS Previously, we have talked about various companies and their initiatives to hire individuals on the autism spectrum. Microsoft recently announced that they are starting a pilot program to hire... Read More
by shelly andrews | May 27, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized, You're Not Alone
By Jonathan Slack, Market Research & Development Specialist, AHSS Sometimes I feel like I have a million stories about Jennifer, my younger sister who is on the autism spectrum. In the You Are Not Alone article, My Sister the Swindler, you learned how devious... Read More
by shelly andrews | May 26, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized, weekly list
By Jessy McCulloch, Autism Home Support Services As much as our knowledge and understanding of autism has grown over the years, there’s still so much to learn! In fact, this article on Autism Speaks’ website has 8 things you might not have known about autism. For... Read More
by shelly andrews | May 26, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized
By Maryanne Nugent, Director of Marketing & Family Support, AHSS As the school year winds down many of us are preparing to purchase Thank You gifts, notes, or cards for our children’s teachers. We thought it might be fun to provide a more public recognition of all... Read More
by shelly andrews | May 22, 2015 | blog, visual statistic
By Jonathan Slack, Market Research & Development Specialist, AHSS On this blog we often write about states passing, or attempting to pass, autism insurance mandates. Today we are going to take a step back and give an update on the country’s overall progress of... Read More
by shelly andrews | May 20, 2015 | blog, business, Uncategorized
By Jonathan Slack, Market Research & Development Specialist, AHSS South Dakota has joined the ranks of the 38 other states who have autism insurance mandates! Governor Dennis Daugaard signed senate bill 190 earlier this month. The law sets an annual minimum... Read More
by shelly andrews | May 20, 2015 | blog, Uncategorized, Why We Do What We Do
Stephanie Howard, BCBA Specialist on a 3yo male client: We’ve been working with a little guy since February. When we started, he had very limited vocal sounds, he would not attempt to feed himself, and his meals were supplemented with milk through a bottle.... Read More
