Sept 12, 2021, Raleigh (NC) Herald Sun: South Carolina autism therapy school celebrates 25th year https://www.heraldsun.com/news/state/south-carolina/article254178378.html
…Project HOPE is in its 25th year, starting as a small preschool with less than 10 students and growing into nine campuses across four counties (Anderson, Greenwood, Landrum, Pendleton, Spartanburg, and two campuses in both Greenville and Woodruff) — offering services for all ages from preschool to adults and across the autism …
WHAT IS THE PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION?
Project HOPE Foundation Co-Founders and Co-Executive Directors Lisa Lane and Susan Sachs met while seeking services for their young sons in the late ’90s, when autism therapies and services were practically non-existent. They couldn’t find what they needed, so they created their vision of a school together.
Lane and Sachs have devoted their lives to helping people with autism, giving hundreds of people across the Upstate access to the life-changing autism therapies they desperately need….
HOPE was designed for students with autism who don’t thrive in a normal classroom setting. They offer one-on-one time with licensed therapists as well….
And communication is the top priority, as around 40 percent of students with autism are non-verbal, according to Lane….
Because of the demand, Sachs said that there is currently a waitlist to attend HOPE, and the school had to adjust because of COVID-19….
