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Northshore October 2025
Knowledge is power—the old adage proves especially true for people with autism and families whose loved ones are on the spectrum. Before the 1991 founding of the Autism Support Center, a Northeast Arc program, families were often left in the dark with few resources and little information. Current codirectors Susan Gilroy and Gloria Ricardi Castillo combat that problem by providing support and informational materials. “We do an intake interview, ask questions to draw the family out, and assess the child’s level of functioning,” explains Gilroy. “Then we make a package of information that we [give] to the family, a
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