EPISODE 64: ENHANCING LIVES FOR FAMILIES OF AUTISM With Rachelle Vartanian   INTRO: Hi, everyone! Thanks for connecting with this week’s podcast featuring Rachelle Vartanian. She’s the founder and president of the Living and Learning Enrichment Center, a former special education teacher, and mother of a teenager on the autism spectrum. If this is your first time here, welcome! If you are a returning listener, thanks for coming back! We truly do appreciate it. Be sure to check us out on your social platforms, and if you’re enjoying this podcast, we’d love your rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts – it helps make our voices stronger. Let’s get started!   SEGMENT: The Living and Learning Enrichment Center is based in Northville, Michigan and their mission is to help individuals with autism and related challenges reach their full potential in work, relationships and in the community. They have summer camps, art and music classes, clubs, social and professional skills groups. It’s really impressive what they’re doing, and I’m excited to speak with the founder today – Rachelle. Let’s give her a warm welcome.   CONCLUSION: The unemployment rate for individuals with autism is upwards of 90%. With training like that provided by the Living and Learning Enrichment Center, job training, real world job experiences can be achieved for those individuals with autism and other special needs. It’s truly special what these organizations are doing, and it’s my hope that more organizations will begin doing the same. Thanks for being a part of My Autism Tribe, and I’ll see ya soon!   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Website: https://www.livingandlearningcenter.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingandlearningenrichmentcenter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingandlearningcenter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/livelearncenter Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/livinglearnllc/boards/