San Jose, CA: Autism school expanding "to meet surging demand"
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On July 30, Morgan Autism Center (MAC), the Bay Area’s premier provider of specialized programs for individuals with profound autism and developmental disabilities, will announce a major new property acquisition and ambitious campus expansion to meet surging demand. In the nine years since opening its current campus, regional autism rates have doubled, leaving MAC out of space to serve its growing community.
“Every day, we watch our students grow in ways that inspire us, and at the same time, we feel the limits of our current space,” says MAC Executive Director Josh Drake. “With an estimated 1 in 34 children diagnosed with autism, the expansion will increase our capacity, create intentional learning and program spaces, and support future enrollment across both school and adult programs.”
What sets this expansion apart is MAC’s partnership with the world-renowned Magical Bridge Foundation—leaders in innovative, sensory-friendly parks—which will bring their first inclusive playground to San Jose. Together, they will transform the new campus with a range of universally accessible, therapeutic spaces and build a 31,000-square-foot elevated park on its current campus. . . .
Morgan Autism Center has served the Bay Area’s profoundly autistic community since 1969, moving to its current location, the former St. Elizabeth’s Day School, in 2017. . . .
MAC currently serves 65 students from 24 different school districts through its school program and 56 adults in its Adult Program, with its oldest client being 66 years old. . . .
