Celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Mother Nature delivered a picture-perfect day for Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ visit to Urban Autism Solutions’ Growing Solutions Farm in Chicago earlier this month. During the visit, which was in celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Treasurer Frerichs learned how students with autism build important vocational skills through working on the Farm.
Established in 2012, Urban Autism Solutions serves young adults with autism and related disabilities through innovative, person-centered programs that focus on building life skills, community integration, social interaction, and vocational training. At Growing Solutions Farm, students learn how to harvest food and develop skills in food safety and sanitation, build raised beds, prepare soil, tend compost piles, and harvest and prepare food for sale at our farm stands while practicing important transferable job skills like following directions, communicating effectively with co-workers and supervisors, and managing and completing tasks.
Learn more about Urban Autism Solutions and its Growing Solutions Farm.
Explore IL ABLE Resources
Learn what an IL ABLE disability savings Account is, who is eligible, how to open an Account, and how it can help you save for qualified disability-related expenses while protecting important benefits.
- Learn About ABLE Accounts
- Read the ABLE Plan Disclosure Booklet
- Compare ABLE Investment Options
- Open an ABLE Account
- Request an IL ABLE Presentation by emailing Rosemary Laudani at rlaudani@illinoistreasurer.gov.
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