New autism center in Cape Coral is first for Southwest Florida Craig Handel © Ricardo Rolon/The News-Press USA TODAY NETWORK - FLORIDA A staff member conducts a tour of the new Autism Support Center in Cape Coral, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Family Initiative Inc. was hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the facility.
Amber Zollinger is used to the challenges of getting help for her son Greyson, who is on the autism spectrum.
“You’re constantly on the phone, trying to get an appointment or insurance,” she said. “I’m used to hounding people.”
So when Family Initiative vice president Anjali Van Drie took Zollinger’s call, that immediately put her high on Zollinger’s respect level.
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Blind man files discrimination suit against Lee County after not being hired Bill Smith, Fort Myers News-Press
A legally blind man has filed suit against Lee County claiming that he was discriminated against because of his disability when he was not hired for a position at the Pine Island branch library.
Michael Phelps filed suit Feb. 15 in U.S. District Court, claiming violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Florida Civil Rights Act. The action claims that he has applied several times with the county but has not been hired.
Phelps previously worked in a public library in West Virginia for six years, according to the lawsuit. The suit said he submitted several job applications for a job as a library associate at the Pine Island branch of the county library system.