A Corvaillis fire inspired a solution that will help children with autism anywhere handle the trauma of an emergency.
HEARTism (Healing Arts for Autism and All Abilities) made 125 autism sensory calming kits for use by first responders from Sula to Florence to help children with autism in emergency situations thanks to Ravalli Electric Co-operative and their Power of Change initiative.
On Dec. 16, 100 of the kits went to law enforcement cruisers, ambulances and fire trucks. Another 25 went to families associated with HEARTism and a few families with special needs who reached out HEARTism director Jessica Fitzpatrick.
The HEARTism Community Center is the home of Bitterroot Arts for Autism that serves families and their children with special needs through arts, education and socialization. Above the center is the home of founder Fitzpatrick and her 16-year-old daughter Sequoia who has autism and sensory processing disorder.
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