Changes for Autism

Manny Vela has served on the state's Autism Council and on the Task Force for Children with Special Needs. He has personal experience to qualify him for this type of work - his own 18-year-old son Manny Mac, was diagnosed at the age of 3 with a form of autism commonly known as Asberger's.

Survival school: How Syracuse refugees overcome language barriers, culture shock and trauma with help from their ...

Hopeprint house on the North Side provides a comfortable space for refugees to hone language and job skills.