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Organization hopes to use Green Street home for mentoring young men with social disorder
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Jason Cox, director of business development and admissions at Brightstone Transitions, speaks during a tour of a historic home on Green Street in Gainesville on Wednesday. Brightstone Transitions recently purchased the home to incorporate it into its program that aims to help high-functioning autistic individuals. Cox hopes that clients in the program will be able to live in the home while they undergo mentoring and coaching. - photo by David Barnes
A young man with the physical build of a strong college football lineman shared openly with a stranger the many good things that are happening in his life. There’s no hiding in his voice the sense of pride at reporting that he’s been holding a steady full-time job for the past two years and recently settled into his own apartment. “I’ve been in programs since I was 8,” said 24-year old Cam, who agreed to speak to The Times on the condition that his last name be withheld.