Giving Adults with Autism Skills to Build Independent Lives by PBS NewsHour

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Giving Adults with Autism Skills to Build Independent Lives

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Length 8 minutes

Language English

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Summary

Before Josh, 36, arrived at First Place Transition Academy, he had never taken public transportation on his own, much less held down a paying job. But a new pilot program is empowering adults with autism to overcome hurdles to independence. Special correspondent John Donvan, co-author with Caren Zucker of In a Different Key: The Story of Autism, reports from Phoenix.

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