“Play to your strengths! Success looks different for each person. Find out what it looks like for you.”

—Emmanuel Abua

  Ventures ATL Employee

“I celebrate myself for how I think and what it is that I value in life. I rest easy knowing that nobody can take that away from me.”

—Kyle Corbett

  Ventures ATL Employee

“Don’t give up. It may take some time to find full-time employment consider volunteering to show you can be helpful and to develop your skills until the right opportunity comes along.”

—David Hurwitz

  Ventures ATL Employee

“So, autism makes me a super-hero. I’m like Wonder Woman, right mommy?”

—Isabella Bracco

  SC Bracco’s Daughter

“This little boy, who fights the challenges of autism every day with such incredible energy and enthusiasm, not only teaches me what it means to be a dad, but what it means to be a man.”

—Dan Olawski

  Father

“Autism is not a burden or some super-secret weapon. It’s simply part of one’s identity. It’s taken me 17 years to learn to accept myself and my diagnosis.”

—Lee Passehl

  Diagnosed at age 3