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Your Car Wash is a CNN Champion for Change

CNN's Champions for Change profiles how father and son duo John and Thomas D'Eri built Rising Tide Car Wash into a thriving Florida business that turns perceived disability into professional strength.

Car wash empowers autistic employees with sense of self-worth

TODAY SHOW: Rising Tide Car Wash in Florida is helping to change the stigma of autism by hiring and empowering autistic workers. NBC’s Harry Smith reports in this week’s Sunday Spotlight

Inspiring America: Car Wash, Which Employs Adults with Autism, is Growing

The Nightly News: John D’Eri started Rising Tide Car Wash so his son Andrew, who’s autistic, could have a job. He ended up with a staff primarily comprised of people on the autism spectrum -- and business is booming.

Meet the brothers changing the stigma over autism one car wash at a time

Good Morning America: Rising Tide Car Wash, started by Tom and Andrew D’Eri, is making history for its hiring practices and paving the way for other businesses to follow suit.

60 Second Docs Viral Video - Over 100 Million Views!

Rising Tide Car Wash in Parkland, Florida, is about more than just a clean car. Founder John D’Eri began the business to help even the workplace playing field for his son, who has autism, and others like him. The crew, consisting mainly of professionals with autism, is inspiring change in the community and empowering people with different needs by providing them with equal opportunities, living wages and a chance for a career.

Entrepreneur Magazine Cover Story

7 Tips For a Thriving, Sustainable Family Business That Lasts: John D’Eri was concerned his autistic son, Andrew, would have trouble finding steady employment after completing school. Set on changing those odds, D’Eri, who spent two decades building and running litigation-support companies in New York, began researching businesses he could run to employ Andrew and other young adults with autism.

Oprah's Hero Effect

Oprah’s OWN shares how John and Thomas D'Eri created Rising Tide Car Wash after John’s son and Thomas’ brother Andrew, who is on the spectrum, faced no job prospects. Rising Tide is on a mission to hire individuals across the autism spectrum to equip them with real job skills and pave a path toward independent living.

‘They bring incredible talents to the workforce’: This Florida car wash employs over 80 people with autism

The TODAY Show features how the D’Eri family were determined to build a future for John’s son and Thomas’ brother Andrew, who was diagnosed with autism at age 5. The D’Eri family turned that mission into Rising Tide Car Wash, a now thriving South Florida business employing over 80 people on the autism spectrum.

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Dad Opens Car Wash To Change the Life of His Son and Others With Autism

50,000 People With Autism Need Jobs This Year. Here’s Why You Should Hire Them

Inc. Magazine profiles Rising Tide Car Wash as a case study in the broader national debate over how best to employ adults with autism, featuring the D'Eri family's fully integrated model as a compelling counterpoint to sheltered workshops, while examining whether competitive employment can realistically scale across the autism community.