Wisconsin Autism Transition Demonstration project

Come join the WAuTD Walkers as we kick off the Ice Age Trail Mammoth Challenge during the month of October!
Check out this short video to see what to expect on Saturday October 3rd.

WAuTD Walkers Invite to Mammoth Challenge Kickoff 10.3.26 Hunter Markle invites WAuTD Families and our friends to join us at ...

Free workshop on moving from child to adult healthcare! Do you know the 8 tools you can use?

events.teams.microsoft.com Free virtual presentation and conversation for families, who have children with unique care needs, to learn about the tr___

Calling all educators….

Educators don't have to imagine how hard it is to struggle each day balancing classroom instruction, lesson planning, and trying to manage day to day because you live it every day. But, what can be hard for a lot of educators to imagine is what it's like to be in the education system as a disabled student who needs accommodations, and may be struggling due to the lack of systemic support that teachers are struggling to receive. Supporting disabled students IS possible all while having strategies to help you feel less overwhelmed, and our October workshop is going to teach you how!

Making Gen Ed Work for More Kids with IEPs was designed with you in mind; an educational workshop brought to you by someone who has both been in the shoes of a struggling student with disabilities whose teachers did not know how to support them, and now as a disabled educator who has served more than 1000 students with IEPs because they identified gaps in their own learning as they earned their Masters in Teaching. In this workshop, you will learn from one of the very best special educators in the country, Mash Makhlyagina, how to:

1. Identify common barriers to effective inclusion within general education settings and how these challenges impact both students and educators.

2. Apply planning strategies that reduce overwhelm and increase flexibility when responding to diverse learning needs.

3. Develop a sustainable mindset for inclusion that balances student support with educator capacity and well-being.

And more!

A steady and equitable worklife balance is waiting for you! For Wisconsin residents, follow this link to register: https://autismsocietywi.org/event/virtual-workshop-making-gen-ed-work-for-more-kids-with-ieps/

For Minnesota residents, follow this link to register: https://ausm.org/education/workshops/ausm-workshop-making-gen-ed-work-for-more-kids-with-ieps/

WAuTD wants you to be part of our team for the Ice Age Mammoth Challenge!

Starting in October, teams and individuals will walk 46 miles of the Ice Age Trail and visit 3 Ice Age Trail communities. Those who complete the challenge will get a special patch.

WAuTD is up to a team of about 10 WAuTD Walkers -- but we want you to join us from any where in Wisconsin (well, part of the Ice Age Trail). Sign up to join our team at https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9BrmWCBeLsmXmPI

We will track the miles, the communities visited and let you know of upcoming optional group walks such as October 3 10-12 in Milton and October 26 in Evansville. Details will be sent to registered WAuTD Walkers!

Want to learn more about the Ice Age Trail? https://www.iceagetrail.org/ (but register to walk with us!)

Hope you can make it out to the Janesville Texas Roadhouse (3201 Deerfield Drive) or any of the other participating locations on Sept 28th 4-8pm!

We’re so excited about this!!!

Waisman Center launches program for autistic adults, targeting care gap after childhood The Adult Autism Program will launch its first pilot groups in November, offering individualized support to a population overlooked in funding and research.

Meaningful family partnerships? Yes please!

Strong systems are built with families, not for them.

Family Voices is excited to launch our Fall 2026 webinar series, The Science and Practice of Family Engagement: Building the Foundation for Meaningful Family Partnership in Systems Transformation. Participants will explore evidence-based family engagement strategies, the Continuum of Engagement, and practical tools such as the Family Engagement in Systems Assessment Tool (FESAT) to strengthen family partnership efforts.

Whether you represent a family-led organization, health care system, Medicaid agency, Title V program, or community organization, this series will offer actionable approaches for creating more responsive, equitable systems.

📅 September 30, October 14, and November 4, 2026
Learn more and register: https://familyvoices.org/upcoming-webinars/

We're excited to bring back by popular demand Mash Makhlyagina! Mash brings a one-of-a-kind workshop experience that blends both their lived experience and knowledge of the education system to our October workshop.

As a Ukrainian immigrant, identified ESOL kid, and undiagnosed neurodivergent student, school was clearly not made for Mash Makhlyagina’s brain as a kid. After earning their Master’s in Teaching, they became a Special Education teacher after earning their special education advanced certificate. Within a year, they were coaching other teachers on key pedagogy missing from most teachers’ preparation programs regarding disability and neurodiversity. They have taught and coached both elementary and middle school, General Education and Special Education, and worked with neurodivergent students from over 40 different countries ages 4-19.
Today they are proud to be an openly Autistic/ADHD special education educator and advocate fighting for what students deserve.

The chance to hear and learn from them on how to improve support for neurodivergent students in schools is one you don't want to miss out on.
Both live and recorded registration is available!

If you're located in the Wisconsin area, register using the link below: https://autismsocietywi.org/event/virtual-workshop-making-gen-ed-work-for-more-kids-with-ieps/

If you're located in the Minnesota area, register using the link below: ausm.org/october2026workshop

Attention Rock County families!

Join the ADRC for a day of Pizza and Games - registration is required!

The Wisconsin Autism Transition Demonstration (WAuTD) project is hosting a 2nd round of a caregiver connection series called Together Through Transition to Adulthood.

We are looking to bring families together who have youth/young adults with autism and higher support needs between 13-26 years old and live in the Rock County area for 6 sessions.

The first session will be in-person the morning of Sept 26 at Blackhawk Technical College. We then meet every other week over Zoom and finish on Dec 4 with another (hopefully) in-person gathering.

Families and youth/young adults are invited to the in-person sessions. We will have separate activities for the youth/young adults.

To learn more and to register: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5tB40XeVyFODeM6