Awareness, acceptance and empathy: Good Friend Inc. educates community about autism


Awareness, acceptance and empathy: Good Friend Inc. educates community about autism


BROOKFIELD — Autism awareness is a cause close to Denise Schamens’s heart. The mother of a child on the autism spectrum, Schamens and Good Friend Inc. have traveled throughout southeast Wisconsin for the past 16 years, informing both children and adults about the disorder...
..."In the employment space they’re talking about DEI initiatives – diversity, equity, and inclusion. Those are big, trending things in corporations and we’re trying to help corporations understand that neurodiversity is part of the diversity spectrum," Schamens said. "We’re helping them understand what neurodiversity is and what diagnoses fall under neurodiversity. And then with that awareness it becomes a better culture and a better community."
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