Gary Weitzen is the Executive Director of POAC Autism Services, which is the largest provider of free autism training and education in the state of New Jersey. In addition to his duties at POAC, for the past thirteen years he has worked for an autism program teaching life skills to adults with autism.
Mr. Weitzen currently serves on the New Jersey Governor's Council for Biomedical Research, acts as the New Jersey representative for Unlocking Autism, and as Vice President of Princeton Autism Technology.
The Weitzen family story was featured with the Doug Flutie family on the country's first screening tool for early identification and intervention of autism, First Signs. He has appeared on virtually every major network and local news station as an expert on autism and has given presentations to tens of thousands of people across New Jersey.
Mr. Weitzen has three children. His eldest son Christopher has autism. He has been a passionate advocate of children and adults with autism for well over a decade.
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