The Blog

Stories from the work

Reflections from Build & Launch and the recreation-based work behind it.

Two empty chairs angled toward each other in a softly lit room, with an open journal resting on a small wooden table between them and morning light coming through a window.

The First Hour

What actually happens in Month 1 of Build & Launch, the recreation-based career exploration program for autistic and neurodivergent young adults.

A paper intake form on a wooden desk, most sections filled with handwriting except for one box near the bottom left deliberately blank.

The Empty Box

Why Build & Launch starts every participant's plan with strengths instead of challenges, and what changes when you do.

A phone resting face-up on a kitchen counter at night beside a small lit lamp, in an otherwise quiet, empty room.

The List of Everything That Didn't Work

The real questions parents and caregivers ask before enrolling in Build & Launch, and honest answers to each one.

A folded white lab coat resting in an open cardboard box beside a rolled diploma tied with ribbon, lit by soft natural window light.

The Lab Coat

How a part-time job at a retirement home, taken to pay the bills, became fifteen years in recreation-based programming and the reason Build & Launch exists.