The Daily Texan

After he graduated from high school in Temple, Texas, Aidan Guerra, who has autism, said he had three options: get a job, go back to school, or move out. Guerra wanted to attend UT like his siblings did. He said his mother wanted to find a way for Guerra to go to school after graduation and receive the same support he had in high school. His family found the solution in E4Texas, a three-semester program at the Texas Center for Disability Studies, which combines classroom, career, and independent living instruction to help students with or without a disability find employment. On May 3, he became one of the 67 students who have graduated from the program since it began in 2018. “E4Texas gave me a chance to go to my dream school and learn how to live on my own to build a future,” Guerra said. On May 26, Texas House Bill 2081 was signed into law, establishing the Building Better Futures Program.