"You are ineligible for funding because you have moderate support needs. Therefore, you cannot live here." This message has been consistently repeated to my friend, Jason, while searching for a permanent home after living with his parents his entire life.…
About the Campaign Every April, in celebration of National Autism Acceptance Month, Madison House Autism Foundation launches a month-long education campaign to promote greater understanding and acceptance of adults with autism. This year, our Autism After 21 education campaign, Did…
What comes to mind when you hear the word “autism?” Perhaps you envision your elementary classmate who would always plug his ears; or a video on YouTube of the screaming toddler; or perhaps even Dr. Shaun Murphy from the hit…
At the Autism Housing Network, we love to highlight our housing listings and give you a peek inside. As people with autism and other intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) have diverse support needs and preferences, we created a Virtual Tour of Housing…
Having the opportunity to live independently is an exciting step for individuals with I/DD. This can be scary for them as well as for their families in making sure the individual feels welcome, supported, and safe within their community. A…
Our outreach efforts have been met with great success and each day, more people contact us to request help. While highlighting the value of autistic citizens, it is important to share the isolated life and desperation of people for whom…
Mark is a recent graduate on the autism spectrum from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Mark earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology on December of 2016. Currently an intern at the Madison House Autism Foundation, he is slowly…
Staunch believers in ‘people with autism are talented and are capable of producing high-quality goods, given the right environment of training, encouragement and support’, Siri and her family have a lot to share with the world. Entrepreneurship and autism are…
Madison House is excited to announce that the #Imagine21 film "Jeffrey Morris' Story" has been accepted into the Sprout Touring Film Festival. Founded in 2003 and produced by New York City-based nonprofit Sprout, the festival's mission is to inspire audiences, promote…
Bill, a charming 56-year-old Southern gentleman sits proudly under the lifetime’s worth of taekwondo medals and the sashes from being crowned the “Annandale Village [homecoming] King.” Bill has an intellectual disability and lives in a nursing home at Annandale Village,…