As a young woman growing up in New Jersey, I would not have imagined that in my 50s, I’d be President of NEXT for AUTISM, a non-profit organization focused on building and supporting innovative programs for people with autism. Instead, I dreamed of traveling the world, starting a great family and finding myself surrounded by […]
Archives for May 2017
SWERVE Fitness features NEXT for AUTISM Power Pedal in blog
The “nextfas” released this article on 05/27/2017. See the original article here.
Surfers Healing a NEXT for AUTISM Grantee
Every parent can relate to the helplessness that Izzy and Danielle Paskowitz felt as they watched their young son lose himself in a tantrum at the beach one day. But not every parent would have arrived at their impromptu solution, which was to toss their son into the ocean to disrupt his internal storm and […]
Mothering Our Adult Son with Autism
By Liane Kupferberg Carter Before I became a mother, I harbored Hallmark fantasies about Mother’s Day. Here’s what I pictured: my children would make me burnt toast and runny eggs, serve it to me on a bed tray, and ply me with homemade cards, macaroni shell necklaces, and wild flowers they’d picked themselves. We’d spend […]