- Press, Autism, CIP Berkshire
via As part of his summer program experience, an 18-year-old Littleon, Mass. student named Ian found himself not sitting around a camp fire or making arts and crafts, but putting his hands to work helping Taft Farms' Dan and Martha Tawczynski set up for the town's Friday afternoon farmer's market.
"I love to help," he said.
It's true. Ian's really good about volunteering back home and helping his grandfather with construction work. But not all of his peers in the Summer@CIP are as naturally inclined to put themselves in new social and work situations.
The program is designed for high school students and recent high school graduates with Asperger's syndrome or are high-function with autism, or for students who have other learning and communication differences.
Photo above taken by Jenn Smith