Rebecca Treadway | Autism Advocates Unite

Autism Advocates Unite:  Exploring the Arc’s Life-Changing Work – My Guest, Rebecca Treadway. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” ~ Z. Ziglar Sometimes in life our passion chooses us instead of us choosing our passion.  This week’s guest grew up in a loving and giving family which planted its roots for helping others.  However, it wasn’t until the birth of her son that she found her purpose. Ms. Treadway shares how learning that her son was born with autism gave her the vision to take action.  Unless you or someone you love has autism there is a decent chance that you wouldn’t know what resources there are to help.  Ms. Treadway talks about how she quickly realized that there were very few resources and even fewer avenues for a community. So with nothing more than a small office and a desk Ms. Treadway set out to change and impact what she could.  With no formal training or expertise on how to run a nonprofit she just took a leap of faith.  Her immediate goal was to provide a safe place for other people diagnosed with autism within the area to be able to gather and share their story and make connections. Ms. Treadway wanted to help in a big way so she started the North Mississippi chapter of “The Arc”.  The Arc had been around since the 50’s and it is an organization that helps people with  “Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities”.   We discuss how her chapter has grown over the last 10 years as well as the different areas that break down the autism spectrum and what the differences are between intellectual and developmental disabilities. You are sure to learn a lot and the information given could change someone’s life forever.  If you would like to learn more about the Arc and their services you can go to their website at http://www.thearcnwms.org Please continue to listen and support this podcast and be sure to check out my social media content on my website http://MotivateWithCoachCamp.com   Also, if you are interested in becoming an official sponsor of this podcast please click the link below to learn more.     👉 SPONSOR THIS PODCAST -  https://bit.ly/443wPRj 🔗 WEBSITE - http://www.motivatewithcoachcamp.com 📺 WATCH - YouTube and Facebook 🎧 LISTEN - Apple and Spotify   This episode was recorded at SRP Studios and Produced by Shelby Row Productions LLC SRPStudiosLLC.com