Autism Alliance of Michigan

Minavigator: Autism Alliance of Michigan (aaom) launched the mi navigator service, a dynamic navigation program for anyone impacted by Autism in Michigan. Navigators provide professional consultation, connections to services and support, and online resources to guide families through lifespan barriers to care. Aaom navigators work directly with families navigating the Autism roadmaps that are often confusing to families and cause delays to needed diagnosis and important treatments. 3,246 families and individuals were served by minavigator. 227 trainings, consultations, and/or community engagement sessions were provided by outreach.

Aaom's community outreach and educational programs are expansive and include targeted trainings and workshops .aaom has made significant impact statewide in expanding and growing our grassroots advocacy coalition to 260 members. This coalition addresses systemic barriers to quality, inclusive education.aaom successfully disseminated and analyzed findings from our statewide special education experience survey, elevating the voice of 900 families negatively impacted by their child's academic experiences.

Aaom launched an innovative employment program that boasts a highly skilled multidisciplinary team of experts from Autism and related fields.aaom boasts a retention rate that exceeds 95% through maintaining a dual customer model with the employer and job seeker, through research, job development and offering upfront employer training. 154 new candidates were served. 88 candidates completed series of job development activities. There were 26 employer partners.