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The transit agency canceled the program in 2024 and told a leader of a group that works with autistic kids that it denied his application to continue it this year — a rejection first reported by The Post on Monday.
The MTA plans to revive a program which allows students with autism to record public service announcements for the subway system.“I am writing to let you know the MTA decided to honor your children this year after all. I am so pleased,”Married teacher allegedly sexually abused student, sent photos of stripper pole and sex toys — then blamed 150-pound weight lossThe MTA will work with another group, INCLUDEnyc which also works with kids with autism spectrum disorder, on playing the announcements during April Autism Acceptance Month.“This is great news. It’s the right thing to do,” parent Brenna Calles said.Parents, who planned on testifying at Wednesday’s MTA board meeting to appeal for reinstatement were notified Tuesday that it would be renewed.“We are pleased to be collaborating with the MTA on the Autism Transit project again on behalf of NYC children with autism and other disabilities and their families who love trains and all things transit!,” said INCLUDEnyc’s executive director, Cheryelle Cruickshank.“Our autism program is ongoing and it existed long ago and it is continuing” Lieber said following Wednesday’s MTA board meeting . “No. 1, we run autism programs year round, not just once a year. We especially have a lot of programs in the month of April. “And there was confusion, because the one outfit that you’re taking that commentary from was misunderstood. We had an exclusive relationship with them. They’re a private school,” he said.“We’re working with public schools that serve this population, the special needs population, and so the misunderstanding has been cleared up, and we’re going to continue to do a lot of programs with that population.” Shanifa Riera, chief customer officer at MTA, insisted the agency is “committed to highlighting this community.” “We use the 10,000 digital screens to highlight autism acceptance month, as well as lighting many of our high traffic terminals blue to bring awareness to our customers and everyone across the city,” Riera said. Michelle Trachtenberg dead at 39 — former 'Gossip Girl,' 'Harriet the Spy' star recently underwent liver transplantJames Carville predicts Trump, GOP are in 'midst of a collapse' -- and gives them 4 to 6 weeks to fully implodeMSNBC host Rachel Maddow rips own network for axing Joy Reid's show and other 'non-white' hosts' programsThe MTA plans to revive a program which allows students with autism to record public service announcements for the subway system.
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