Not your Ordinary Social Club
The purpose of IAmCollegeLife Inc. is to assist autistic teens and young adults in adapting to postsecondary life sociably. Through our program, they can build friendships and improve their social skills by engaging with each other at events they are most interested in. Our goal is to create an engaging and enjoyable program for everyone.
When supporting IAmCollegeLife fundraiser, you are improving the social lives of autistic teenagers and young adults.
The idea of IAmCollegeLife came to fruition when the founder noticed there was a social void for her autistic son. No one was inviting him to hang out, he wasn’t developing typical relationships, and no neighborhood kids were knocking on the door asking if he could come outside to play.
About 1 in 44 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network.