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We at the TRUST Center believe that we should learn from and uphold people who have been successful agents of change or have courageously overcome barriers and obstacles. Therefore, we look for and encourage students, parents, and professionals who have participated in important life sharing events let us tell your story here.

• Walking-the-Walk at Crotched Mountain: Testimonies from Crotched Mountain parents and professionals.
• Extraordinary People: Personal stories from Crotched Mountain students.
• In the Field: You may find a newspaper article, a newsletter, videotape, etc. that has an inspirational or encouraging story. Please refer it and we'll see if we can reprint it or link it.

Is Quality of Life a Worthy Goal?

As many of you know, our goal for the RDI® Program is to get closer and closer to helping more and more people on the autism spectrum achieve a quality of life. And our question is always, "how can we get better and better at this?" Certainly more research on this subject would be invaluable to us, yet so far researchers have not considered quality of life for those on the spectrum worthy of much study at all.  More...

Empowerment through Education (Part 1)

As For some parents it is a shock to be told their child has been diagnosed on the autism spectrum, for others it is a relief and for still others it is a combination of many feelings. Yet once the initial reaction is over, what then? More...