Hidden Wings
What is Hidden Wings?
Hidden Wings is a place where young people with autism can spread their own wings, learning life skills and
how to participate with others in a warm and supportive environment.
Hidden Wings: A job and a friend for everyone with Autism
A College for Students with Autism Hidden Wings has achieved its first goal of founding a new “schoolwithout-walls” for young adults on the autistic spectrum. We offer a full range of courses that combine best practices from existing schools and programs with insights gained from our own Hidden Wings community of parents, advocates and professionals. Small class size, multi-sensory learning, rigorous exercise, and technological support assist our training in social and life skills
Hidden Wings Core Curriculum
Hidden Wings is a full time program for adults with special needs based on a rigorous curriculum to develop life skills, individualized job skills, and community involvement. Our highly structured program reflects 10 years of experiences and studies of best practices from around the country.
With an intimate 3 to 1 ratio of staff to participant, our program is designed to accelerate each participant’s emotional, social, physical and career development.
Each day begins with posting the American flag before launching into a highly structured and individualized training that incorporates a variety of daily activities that include but not limited to public transportation, finances, cooking, resume building, internships, job shadows, retail skills, agriculture, micro businesses, music, yoga, hiking, and Tai Chi. The descent of the flag concludes our day.
Key values in all we do are kindness, acceptance of all, and working outside our comfort zone. The high expectations of participants to dress appropriately, refrain from vulgar language, maintain a clean and organized environment enhances the goal of purposeful job placement.
Hidden Wings is committed to coaching each participant to their highest level of performance for life skills, job skills, and community involvement, in order to have a more inclusive and purpose driven community.