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Giving adults with autism skills to build independent lives

Helping adults with autism overcome hurdles is the goal of First Place Transition Academy.

08/09/2016 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Giving adults with autism skills to build independent lives

Clip: 8/9/2016 | 9m 14s

Helping adults with autism overcome hurdles is the goal of First Place Transition Academy.

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 Donovan, co-author with Caren Zucker of “In a Different Key: The Story of Autism,” reports from Phoenix.

08/09/2016 | Rating NR

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