Over the course of a decades-long career, I had a number of fraught conversations with parents who desperately wanted their children to be identified as having autism spectrum disorders.
Great Barrington Town Manager Jennifer Tabakin suggested better marketing targeted toward students and perhaps the many senior centers across the county. In addition, she wondered why the so-called CharlieCards, the BRTA's cashless payment system, were not available for purchase at places like supermarkets and pharmacies.