News and Updates from the Illinois State Treasurer's ABLE Plan
One teacher’s perspective
Each week, students from across Chicago travel to Urban Autism Solutions’ Growing Solutions Farm (UAS), a 1.2-acre produce farm on Chicago’s West Side, where Chicago public high school transition students with autism and related disabilities gain valuable vocational skills to prepare for future competitive employment.
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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.
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