March was a very busy month for Autism Society of Texas, connecting with individuals at multiple events across Texas!
We’ve been hard at work fighting for our community at the Capitol all month. Our board member, Rachel Cannon testified against school vouchers and was waiting until 1 AM at the Capitol, as well as was interviewed by Toni Waterman from CGTN America about the Department of Education (DOE) cuts and how this potential shutdown of the DOE could negatively impact Autistic children. Watch the news story now here.
We rounded out our advocacy work with our Texas Autism Advocacy Day (see photos from the event on our Facebook). Over 200 people joined us to learn about how to advocate for themselves and our community and then made office visits to put their learning into practice!
A big thank you to our Board member, Heather Reed, who represented the Autism Society of Texas at The Destination…. Life Conference! The event helps Central Texas families prepare and support their students with disabilities for life beyond high school.