Night of Too Many Stars Grantee Spotlight: Spectrum Designs

We first worked with Spectrum Designs, the maker of customized apparel, totes and hats made by young people with autism in 2012.  A small company with a big heart and expansive ambitions, Spectrum Designs is a success story still unfolding. Beyond producing merchandise for regional and [...]

2018-08-24T09:52:57-05:00September 19th, 2017|

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 [...]

2018-08-24T10:39:21-05:00May 25th, 2017|

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 [...]

2018-08-24T10:42:58-05:00May 14th, 2017|