Another amazing year supporting Global Autism Project! This year I was able to attend the first-annual Latin America Autism Summit in Lima, Peru. This event was co-hosted with Centro Enigma (Ecuador) and Centro Ann Sullivan del Peru and was a wonderful event bringing together professionals, parents, and self-advocates from around Latin America for a few days of learning and sharing.
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This year I had the pleasure of attending Global Autism Project's Leadership Summit in Ecuador. I cannot express how amazing this experience was. It was hosted at Centro Enigma, a partner site working with Global Autism Project. Throughout the week, professionals from the USA/Canada were able to collaborate with the staff at Centro Enigma to work on professional and personal development. It was a wonderful week filled with learning, sharing, and creating possibilities for the future. Being able to collaborate with others doing this work in a different part of the world was a very unique experience and taught me that though we may live in different places, and speak different languages, we are all having similar experiences in this field. I left this week feeling more confident in my abilities as a leader and an educator, as well as having come away with new relationships!
I have traveled with the Global Autism Project three times since 2019. They are doing amazing work around the world . They do with , not for which leads to more sustainable programs. They are doing amazing and wondering things around the globe !
In October 2023 I’ve traveled with GAP to Kenya with my skillcorps team. It was of the most enriched working and personal experience ever. At GAP they are very respectful of the local culture and every participants background. DO with NOT for is what best explains this organization. Loved it.
Listening to Autistic voices through the Autism Knows No Borders podcast has shifted my perception of what understanding lived experience means. The Global Autism Community continues to grow with different perspectives from around the world, one shared story at a time.
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Traveling as a member of the global autism project and their SkillCorps team has continued to be one of my highest privileges. I would recommend this experience to anyone invested in supporting the autism community and creating a global impact on the overall awareness and acceptance of that community all over the world.
I have been involved for almost five years with Global Autism Project. Not only do they provide great resources around the world but they provide excellent leadership training at home!
An amazing organization that understands what it means to work with the people for the people . So proud to have worked alongside some brilliant change makers !
I am a part of the Global Autism Project & believe in the mission to promote acceptance & integration of people with autism worldwide because I see the value it provides autistic communities. When our international partners feel empowered & I see the staff spending their lives pouring into children who are now building on their own skills/values and having relationships because of new available opportunities - I feel as though the fruit of the work is present and growing. I personally have experienced the effects afterwards, coming back to the US, when families in my own workplace can now connect with me in a more intentional way because my training has given me a sustainable and global mindset where I can appreciate differences more than systems and boundaries.
The Global Autism Project is an amazing organization that continually seeks to disseminate evidence-based practices for children with autism in low-resource communities such that these teachers can go on to train other teachers. Many other organizations will focus on doing one-time trainings with no emphasis on sustainability; the Global Autism Project is a pioneer in changing these methodologies so as to maximize their global impact.
Since I first heard about The Global Autism Project in 2011, I've been floored that none of the other big autism organizations in america are working on combating Autism in other countries. i chatted with their founder and learned that they had been working on this cause for ten years, and they are continually expanding into new countries, including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia! This cause is important to me because I lived in Indonesia and I know how difficult it can be to change entrenched attitudes about people who are different from others. I was shocked to learn that in some countries, Autism is seen as something that calls for an exorcism! And exorcisms include beating the child! Global Autism Project is doing important work on a shoestring, and I highly recommend that you give to them.