The Self-Advocacy class was recently joined by a beautiful and talented guest named, Michelle Vinokurov who is a 22-year-old autism advocate that is profiled in a new book called, This is Autism that recently reached number one on Amazon.com for Communicative Disorders in Special Education books. It is co-authored by Jessica Leichtweisz and Aidan Allman-Cooper.…
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The College Experience recently welcomed back one of our accomplished alumni, Jake Siskin. We are very happy to have him return and donate his time toward conducting campus tours and walking trials for the new students during the freshman orientation. Jake is currently receiving assistance from the Employment Services Department of Living Resources, Inc. and…
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On Wednesday, August 12, 2020 the College Experience celebrated the birthday of our educational assistant, David Lieberman who turned 22 years old that very day! David is the first student in the College Experience to have been made a full-time staff member and speaks to college audiences about doing his absolute best with the challenges…
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On Monday, August 10, 2020 the College Experience welcomed the incoming freshmen class to join the upper-classmen who have been settled back into campus life for the past few weeks! Featured in these photographs from left to right are Kevin Baker who is the Assistant Director of Residential Services and our Residential Manager, Malcolm Sidbury.…
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The Employment Class was honored to welcome Tom DeByle who is the father of our rising sophomore, Sonia. To put it lightly, Tom has had quite an illustrious career that has culminated as the Chief Financial Officer of his organization. A variety of positions have taken him on travels to Belgium, the Netherlands, South America,…
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The Self-Advocacy and Empowerment class was fortunate enough to get a visit with a man who has a very big heart on Thursday, July 23, 2020. We welcomed David Elmore Smith to the class who appeared on the Dr. Phil Show in February, and his episode was repeated this past month for a fresh audience!…
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A pandemic cannot cancel the wonders of birthday magic and social gatherings in a safe proximity. Therefore, the alumni and staff worked together to guarantee that Andrew Maggio from the Class of 2012 could have the birthday celebration of his dreams at Juniors Bar and Grill this past Friday, July 31, 2020. We chose to…
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For the Employment Class on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, we were pleased to welcome Brian O’Hearn who happens to be the father of our instructor, Catherine O’Hearn. Brian is the Chief Nursing Officer for many nurses at Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin, New Hampshire! Brian currently lives among the White Mountains of New Hampshire where…
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For a recent Employment class, we were happy to welcome Caren Passariello, who is the mother of our College Experience alumnus, Danielle. Caren has had a long career working in retail and was generous with telling us about her journey toward meaningful employment. The path toward employment did not happen overnight, and there were definitely bumps…
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In the process of scheduling around thunderstorms and ominous rain clouds over the past few days, the Social Distance Walking Club finally had its day in the sun on Monday, July 13, 2020. Featured in this particular photograph (from left to right) are Nick Williams and Andrew Maggio who are alumni of the College Experience…
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