Extraordinary Ventures

When the EV founding parents sat down five years ago, they knew creating sustainable employment for their adult children with autism and other developmental disabilities would be a challenging experiment. But, what business practice isn’t an experiment? Initially, EV took on contractual work and started an event center. After 2 years of experimentation, we found [...]

On January 26th, Extraordinary Ventures partnered with Autism Speaks to hold a research summit entitled, “Adults with Autism: Sharing Ideas, Filling the Gaps.” The event was designed to bring together researchers, donors, service providers, and parents to discuss the on going research of ASD. The conference had a grounded feel as parents and service providers [...]

Extraordinary Ventures is featured in the latest issue of Hyco Magazine. You can read about EV’s adventures on Hyco Lake below. A few weekends each summer, we take our Friday Night Live! members out for a day on the lake. These days are, without question, the highlight of the summer for many people associated with [...]

If you are the kind of person to sit down on Sunday afternoon and peruse through the newspaper, you may have seen some faces of EV looking back at you from yesterday’s front page. The Chapel Hill News’ Mark Schultz compiled two stories (read them here and here) that provide a glimpse into the work [...]