Tag: businesses

Background on the turkey farm

By Rick Colosimo / June 22, 2009
(I started writing a reply to Tom’s comment on the Institution or Community post, but I got on a roll and decided my response was long enough to merit its own post.) There are news stories that describe prior confirmation...

Institution or Community?

By Rick Colosimo / June 18, 2009
Dora Raymaker at Change.org often gets straight to the point when instances of mistreatment are revealed. This post about a turkey farm where developmentally disabled adults were paid $0.44 an hour generates her question about what separates an institution from...

Honor roll of autism-friendly businesses

By Rick Colosimo / April 28, 2009
One idea I’ve had for a while and thought I would implement after the alpha version of the site is done is an “honor roll” of sorts recognizing businesses that we find, as families, to be “autism friendly.” I’m writing...