Author: Camilla Bixler

Camilla Bixler has taught English as a Second Language at City College of San Francisco and abroad for 40 years. She also trained Chinese English teachers in Lanzou, China. She is the mother of an adult son on the spectrum, born in 1981 before much was known about the autism. She and her husband became founding and sustaining board members of Star Academy, a school for students with complex learning needs. Camilla later started the Asperger’s Teen and Young Adult Club and the monthly, We Gotta Dance, to provide social opportunities for the community. In 2000, she became a founding member of AASCEND for autism spectrum and neurotypical adult collaboration.