I was at an Autism conference on Friday and a topic of conversation is the “disincentives” for people like Dustin to work. When he makes a paycheck, it is basically deducted from his Disability Benefits. They keep him poor. Obviously we are in a position in life where Dustin can bob and weave with us in support, but you are taking about a HUGE inner city problem beyond the Disability population that have disincentives to work.

Finally, my white nephew is married to a black woman and they lived in West of Penn Philly for years and they were part of the improvement to that area. They moved to Poughkeepsie, NY for job opportunities unrelated to Philly and I have hope that they can help be part of a change in Poughkeepsie where the towns population has dropped from 50,000 in the IBM days to 35,000 today. My secret plan is to get Archdiocese of NY to commit to some building there to Dustin’s population and they can bring revitalization to Poughkeepsie like Teri in Oceanside, CA where the Military and Autism populations will live and support one another https://www.teriinc.org !!