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Juliana Fetherman – Making Authentic Friendships

Juliana Fetherman – Making Authentic Friendships

Juliana is the founder of MAF – Making Authentic Friendships, an app inspired by her brother, who is on the autism spectrum. MAF was created to help individuals with special needs, find friends based off their geological location, diagnosis, age and interests....
Juliana Fetherman – Making Authentic Friendships

Debbi Hudak – Why Doesn’t Alicia Talk?

Debbi Hudak is a local author in the Hudson Valley! She credits her daughter, Alicia, who has autism, with teaching her how to help others with this disability. She hopes her book, ‘Why Doesn’t Alicia Talk?’ will help to educate children about...
Juliana Fetherman – Making Authentic Friendships

Bruce Sickler – It’s Cool to Fly American

Bruce is a Reservations Representative in Dallas-Fort Worth as well as the Program Director & founder of ‘It’s Cool to Fly’ at American Airlines. Since its launch in 2014, ICTFA has served more than 5,000 participants and 1,500 families! This...
Juliana Fetherman – Making Authentic Friendships

Tempa Kohler – Special Kneads & Treats

Tempa is the co-founder of Special Kneads and Treats, Inc. a nonprofit specialty goods company located in Lawrenceville, GA. Their focus is on providing special needs adults within the surrounding community a place to learn a skill and develop a sense of...
Juliana Fetherman – Making Authentic Friendships

Michelle Gorenstein – Seaver Autism Center

Michelle has been the Director of Community Outreach at the Seaver Autism Center since 2013! She is also a clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Gorenstein is interested in bringing evidenced...