Episode from the podcastNot Weird Just Autistic

Dani Wilson of Compass Health Network

Released Sunday, 30th June 2019

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Dani Wilson of Compass Health Network

Sunday, 30th June 2019

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Dani Wilson, a Youth Engagement Specialist from COm[pass Health Network in Missouri joins us to talk about a very innovative program aimed at helping those with disabilities gain the employment skills they need to get paying jobs after school and to become a more productive member of society.

How do they do it? Take a short fifteen minutes, listen and find out.

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Not Weird Just Autistic is THE autism podcast for those high school through adult. Yes we will be covering children younger as well, but host J.R. Reed believes that once an autistic person hits high school, the system has all but forgotten about them.J.R. is an autism advocate, developmental disability advocate with knowledge in IEPs and transitioning to life after high school. His guests will be knowledgeable on various areas regarding life on the spectrum and the goal of the show is as much to educate those not on the spectrum as it is to help those on it\The other thing J.R. is is a person on the spectrum. Growing up in a tie before autism was talked about in schools ad out of high school thirteen years when Asperger’s Syndrome, J.R.’s personal place on the spectrum. He was diagnosed with Asperger’s at age 46 and found out that he wasn’t weird, just autistic!

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