JoyDew’s expanded Livingston location is now open and accepting new members and staff! Please contact us if you are interested in applying.

A day program for adults with autism that presumes competence, focuses on strengths and provides job training, social life and employment.

My view on friends

Jake 9/23/2021  When I meet friends, I want them to be nice and have a good personality. This is just because I care about people who are friendly. If they like what I like, that’s even better. It’s just the people with special needs and are non-verbal that trigger my anxiety. Most friends like me because of my phenomenal memory and car knowledge. The ones I have known my whole life were always impressed! I see the friends in my community as a way to introduce me to other people’s wants. don’t actually like helping friends but I do like when they give me help of my own. Most of the time they encourage me to work hard through tough situations.   

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About JoyDew

JoyDew transforms the brutal reality of people with autism from being treated as a commodity, living in isolation and without hope, into flourishing human beings with lifelong friends, who can express themselves and apply their unique talents and skills to succeed in the workplace. Our day program identifies their unique strengths and interests, develops them with job training and academic enrichment, provides communication and other supports, and creates high-level employment for people with autism, without exception, where they can learn and grow in a community of their own, and unleash their hopes and dreams.