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AMP in the Media

5/15/2025 Hear Autism Mentorship Program founder Emily Goldberg and mentor Anna Voight discuss the AMP experience and more on the Mentoring Future Autistic Leadership episode of Today’s Autistic Moment:
https://todaysautisticmoment.com/episode/mentoring-future-autistic-leadership
Program Manager Jenny Austin says this is the best introduction to what AMP is and how it works. 🙂 Note that the AMP discussion begins at 20:27.
 
 
In the previous episode of Today’s Autistic Moment, longtime AMP mentor Jenna Olson discusses how Minnesota Independence College & Community (MICC) prepared her to be a leader in her work and life:
https://todaysautisticmoment.com/episode/educating-future-autistic-leadership
 
 
In honor of April being autism acceptance month, here’s AMP Session Facilitator Ali Burris’ 2024 Autism Acceptance Day presentation for Kenworth Truck Company. She discusses the importance of autism advocacy, the difference between autism awareness and autism acceptance, and what self-advocates want you to know about autism:

 

AMP Founder Emily Goldberg and Mentor Uma Oswald discuss AMP on the Mom Enough podcast

Empowering Autistic Youth: Inside the Autism Mentorship Program

Emily discusses how her own experience as a parent of autistic twin boys sparked the idea for AMP, why a program like this is needed, and the compelling research on the effectiveness of this program. Uma, a disability advocate and former professional artist, shares insights about why they became a mentor and gives insights into the power of this mentorship program for mentees and mentors. They also highlight their own experience of being autistic and living with schizophrenia for the past decade. You won’t want to miss this moving and inspirational episode!

Hear from AMP Senior Session Facilitator AJ Hokland on the Autism After 18 podcast 

AJ Hokland is autistic and has been part of AMP since its inception. In this “Autism After 18” podcast, our interviewers talk with AJ about the program — why it started, how it started, its impact and the organizers’ plans for the future.

Meet Josie, an AMP mentor

 

KARE-11 news story about AMP’s beginnings

Unique program pairs students, adults with autism

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