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 Who is Jackie Marquette?

Jackie is an author, researcher, consultant, and speaker. She specializes in adolescents and young adults with ASD and other developmental disabilities. She wrote Independence Bound and Becoming Remarkably Able: Walking the Path to Independence and Beyond, (spring 2007 by Autism Asperger’s Publishing Co.) She supervised and established paid jobs in the community for students with mild and severe disabilities for the Hardin County School District in Kentucky. She taught students with various disabilities and consulted for 20 years. In 1997-1999 Jackie spearheaded the ACT Project in Kentucky that established employment supports for young adults with ASD. Trent, her son, has autism, has been employed for over 6 years, and has lived independently for more than 6 years “with creative community supports”. Jackie is currently a PH.D candidate at the University of Louisville where her dissertation explored 1) how families guided young adults with ASD to live independently, and 2) created an assessment scale CAIS ©  to measure a person’s capability and independence. Trent, Jackie and her husband started Trent's Prints LLC, a company that publishes reproductions and sells Trent Altman’s original art.