In this episode of Dads in Autismland, host Mark de Grasse sits down with Mark Olson, founder of LTO Ventures, to tackle one of the biggest concerns for autism dads: What happens when we’re gone?

A crisis of care is threatening the lives of thousands of the state’s most vulnerable citizens, but the good news is that a well-researched, cost-effective solution to this crisis is before the current Texas Legislature and needs your support.

I presented to families wanting to learn how to get involved in advocacy and separately visited the Texas Capitol with the Leadership Boerne class of 2025 of which I am a member for its "Capitol Day," meeting elected officials pertinent to Boerne and Kendall County.

The Oscar-nominated film, The Martian, is one of those movies I enjoy watching over and over (and I have…and will again), but there are two moments in the movie I use every day to motivate me and focus my drive to make our Autumn Hills Village project a reality.

The least fun part of leading LTO Ventures is asking for money, but here goes... I formed LTO Ventures in 2010 to serve a charitable mission focused on developing residential, vocational, educational, recreational, and social engagement options for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) inspired by my daughter.

I am excited to share with you a first look at our $14 million 40,000sf Community Inclusion Center that we plan to locate adjacent to the homes and apartments in our Autumn Hills Village intentional community.

Each month we will report on something about intentional communities for adults with IDD around the U.S. This month, we want to highlight Independent Apartment Communities across the U.S.

My daughter Lindsay was in a car accident on Labor Day. 

Children with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) inexorably become adults with IDD. After age 21, adults with IDD age out of the school system and lose their free education and school-based services, also known as “falling off the cliff.”  

I’ve had the good fortune to meet and get to know Ron Suskind, father of Owen Suskind, the young man with autism featured in “Life, Animated” and …