Norwalk Deputy Corporation Counsel Jeffry Spahr, center, shares his thoughts about autism, Thursday on the Town Green.
NORWALK, Conn. One in 54 children aged 8 years old has autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, a recent study showed. Boys are more than four times as likely to have it than girls.
That’s a reason to freak out, special education activist Jeffry Spahr observed. But he said the pandemic, while “horrible,” presents an “opportunity to reimagine the workplace to make diversity inclusion and equity a reality.”
Norwalk Deputy Corporation Counsel Jeffry Spahr, left, shares his thoughts about autism, Thursday on the Town Green.
As a fifth generation Umatilla County resident, Cindy Middleton grew up in a family where serving the community is a way of life â a concept she and her husband have sought to pass along to their own children.
Middleton was one of several people recognized during the Hermiston Chamber of Commerceâs annual Distinguished Citizens Awards banquet, along with Ken Huber as Man of the Year. She followed in the steps of her mother, Judy Bracher, who accepted the same Woman of the Year award in 1992. She remembers her father calling while she was away at college to tell her about it.