The Chocolate Spectrum: Autism Employment One Sweet at a Time, w/ Valerie Herskowitz | EDB 107

In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman speaks with Valerie Herskowitz, who has been a speech pathologist and language specialist for 38 years and is the founder of the Chocolate Spectrum, a chocolate shop in Jupiter, Florida that is staffed by people on the Autism Spectrum. Valerie speaks to us about how the Chocolate Spectrum came about, the challenges she and other parents face in finding work for their adult children on the spectrum, and the importance to early exposure to career paths. For more about the Chocolate Spectrum, visit: http://thechocolatespectrum.com/ Or, visit them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheChocolateSpectrum/ Follow Different Brains on social media: https://twitter.com/diffbrains https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/ Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains! http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/