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09:00 AM to 15:00 PM
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After high school, young adults with autism and learning differences face a lonely and bewildering world, a world that sees deficits but not gifts, burdens but not benefits. Hidden Wings is a path-breaking model of transforming lives, and giving hope to those whom society would leave behind. We are a not-for-profit 501 c3 corporation and all contributions are tax-deductible. We turn to you to help make dreams happen. Help us unfurl the gifts of young adults on the autistic spectrum!
Hidden Wings is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation dedicated to nurturing the gifts of young adults with autism so that they might have full and productive lives in society.
Most high school graduates with autism and learning differences are ill-prepared to face the challenges of the world. Hidden Wings is pioneering the development of a post-secondary school, a place specifically designed for visual thinkers.
The school is dedicated to the belief that everyone on the autistic spectrum possesses “Hidden Wings,” which are extraordinary gifts often masked by social limitations. Its programs emphasize:
The goal is not the remediation of deficits but the cultivation of individual talents.
Hidden Wings was established in 2009 by the Rev. James and Dr. Julia Billington, both honors graduates of Harvard University with decades of combined experience in the Episcopal Ministry, business, and medicine.
Based in California's Santa Ynez Valley, our Board of Directors and advisors includes a special needs lawyer, a CPA, a special education teacher, a transition specialist, a child psychiatrist, the world's most renowned expert on Savant Syndrome, a prominent businessman, and a pediatrician.
We invite you to join us in this exciting adventure to unfurl the gifts of autism.
Your contributions are tax deductible, and we deeply appreciate your support.
Please click here to view a video interview with Jim and Julia Billington on Hidden Wings
“Hidden Wings is a place where young people with autism can spread their own wings while learning life skills, and how to participate with others in a warm and supportive environment. The Billingtons are building a future for every child in their program, which is a model well worth emulating. The world needs many more such havens.”
--The Late Oliver Sacks, M.D., Physician, Author, Neurologist
“There is an urgent need for the work that Jim and Julia Billington have begun. I have known them since they were undergraduates at Harvard. They are uniquely qualified, gifted, and morally centered to take on this task. I wholeheartedly recommend Jim and Julia, and the project "Hidden Wings." I can think of few things more important for the next generation.”
--Dr. Robert Coles, Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Pulitzer Prize winner for multi-volume “Children of Crisis”, Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
"(Through Hidden Wings) you are doing your country a great service to your country." --Amory Houghton, Jr, Former Chairman and CEO of Corning Glass Works
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