Brooke Tadd

Brooke is a mother of four, 2 boys and 2 girls, ages 9, 5, 3, and 2. Her 3 year old son was diagnosed with Autism in April 2006. She first thought something was out of the ordinary when he was 15 months old and started missing developmental milestones that other typical children usually meet. It took persistence for her son to be diagnosed; she was determined to find out what was wrong so they could begin to treat him and get him the services he needed. She is passionate about learning all she can, which may help her son and/or other children with Autism.

Brooke holds a degree in Accounting and has been a fundraiser for a local Salt Lake non-profit for just over a year. She is considering furthering her education with a Masters degree in Special Education. She enjoys spending time with her family, camping, and watching her children compete in gymnastics, baseball and wrestling.
 

Tim Wilson

Tim will tell you he has been an artist all of his life. "I walked into the kitchen when I was 3 years old and saw my Grandfather painting. At that moment I knew what I wanted to be". He has explored a range of media and only within the last few years put torch work into his experience as an artist. "There is something mesmerizing about glass. The color qualities, depth and light play make glass a very special medium. Add fire and you have an art form that is, in my opinion, exhilarating and ALIVE".

Jimmy Andreas

I have a delightful 8 year old son with Autism and I knew straight away some thing was amiss inside the hospital - as he in no way cried. Perhaps its Catholic guilt that I would in no way contemplate abortion anyway but would I have wanted to know - possibly to prepare myself for the trials ahead. He is the middle child to such understanding and loyal siblings. My five year old Tom told me he will look after Alex when he is older. I have an autistic cousin, own top physical therapy schools reviews, so it runs in my side of the family members. Alex has speech complications but is often a walking encyclopedia of knowledge which fascinates me. Tom is most likely the only child at school (his age group) to know the capital cities of the world as he has been heard them repeated time and time again. I believe that in spite of having to look soon after my boy until I die I shall with gusto simply because love him so pretty much. Which is my child. It's not a debilitaing illness, he is not unhappy, he has autism but we can cope with that. At the end of the day its private option whether or not or not to discover out for anyone who is possibly carrying an autistic child. Having the choice to abort for that reason is also a personal selection and one that wants to be thought challenging about.