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Welcome to the Verge of Independence Project: Multimedia Autism Advocacy (VIP), a Neurodiversity Culture that uses multimedia to promote the independence, self-advocacy, and social confidence of autistic adults aged 18+!
"Did you know that nearly 800,000 young adults in the U.S. identify as an autistic person or a person with autism?" Click on the
About Autism, a page to learn more about autism and resources.
Established in 2009, the VIP community supports adult individuals on the spectrum in discovering that Connections Matter. You, too, can make the connection by exploring this resourceful site.
Passport to Independence
travel
Christian Tart, who is now 36 and autistic, started traveling with his mother, Anita Tart-Paschal, when he was just 19 months old. His mother says that careful planning and preparation were key to finding ways to handle the challenges of traveling with her neurodivergent son. By working through those challenges, Christian learned to enjoy trips to places like Jamaica, Florida, the Bahamas, Washington, D.C., Cozumel, Mexico, New York, Ohio, Atlanta, South Carolina, the Yucatán Peninsula, and Nassau. For him, travel has become a path to independence.
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VIP News Articles
& Blogs
written by the
award-winning
collegiate journalist
Melissa Lushington
Eva Blackwell Holli Stephens/KYW Newsradio
(CLICK ON IMAGE ABOVE TO READ AND LISTEN TO THE MICRO-INTERVIEW)
click on the image for the full article
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Verge of Independence Project
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No amount is too small to help VIP stand tall.
Your donation goes to the overall operating
cost of Verge of Independence Project (VIP), and
specifically, it goes to the following:
-Production of the sites' blogs and podcasts
-Workshops/Seminars/Webinars
- VIP Scholarships
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Verge of Independence Project
Mail donations of any dollar amount to:
Verge of Independence Project, Inc.
P.O. Box 56033
Philadelphia, PA 19130-6033
Mark Your Calendar for VIP Events
Coming this fall 2024 and spring 2025
Virtual Workshops for Autistic Young Adults
