Unique Sweets
Unique Sweets seeks to provide opportunities that enrich the lives of Autistic adults.
🎤 **SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: ELIZARDI CASTRO**
We’re excited to welcome **Elizardi Castro** to **Autism Unplugged: Stories From the Spectrum!**
Known for his humor, energy, and incredible storytelling, Elizardi will take the stage for a special evening of **laughter, real stories, and meaningful conversations about autism.** 💙
📅 **October 11 | 6 PM**
📍 **Joe’s on W**d Street, Chicago**
Join us for an unforgettable night while supporting **Unique Sweets** and our mission to create opportunities for autistic adults.
🎟️ Tickets & Sponsorships:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/autism-unplugged--2026
Our very own Liza Pereira tagging along with some of our team members attending Zumba with Behavioral Learning, PLLC. Thank you so much for having US, we can’t wait for the next one.
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Help bring two incredible initiatives to life: Autism Unplugged...Stories from the Spectrum and Uniquely Sweet Cafe.
Your sponsorship helps create opportunities for connection, inclusion, advocacy, and community impact. Together, we can build spaces where individuals and families feel supported, valued, and empowered.
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact us today to learn more or click the link in our bio!
09/15/2026
We LOVE doing corporate orders!
So proud of our team and grateful for opportunities like this. More to come... 👀
Interested in placing a corporate order?
Contact us today to learn more:
https://uniquesweetsinc.org/contact/
09/11/2026
Today, we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and honor the families who continue to carry their memory.
We also remember the extraordinary courage of the first responders who ran toward danger when others were trying to escape and we remain grateful for the first responders who continue to serve and protect our communities every day.
Join Unique Sweets for our 3rd Annual Autism Unplugged.
Real stories. Real voices. Real impact.
Every ticket helps Unique Sweets continue providing life skills, social opportunities, and community programming for autistic adults — and helps us move closer to opening Uniquely Sweet Cafe, a space designed to create meaningful employment and training opportunities for autistic adults. 💙🍪☕️
📅 Sunday, October 11, 2026
📍 Joe’s on W**d Street
940 W. W**d Street, Chicago
🕔 Doors Open: 5:00 PM
🎤 Program Begins: 6:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets:
Come hear the stories. Stay for the celebration. Help us build what comes next.
🎟️ Get your tickets today:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/autism-unplugged--2026
05/22/2026
It takes courage and determination to see opportunity where there was once despair 🙏 beautiful work Tomaisa ❤️. Congratulations to our very own Yadira Calderon, founding member of Unique Sweets for all the work you have done. You must be very proud❤️.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nashville Teen With Autism Refused To Let A Mental Health Crisis Define Her Story And Built Something That Will Outlive Graduation
Nashville, TN — While most teenagers are focused on finishing high school, Rainbow Mosho was quietly building something far bigger than herself.
The Nashville teen, who lives with autism, PTSD, OCD, ADD, PMDD, and sensory challenges, experienced a mental health crisis during a therapy session at school and realized something that changed her life forever.
There was nowhere safe to go.
No sensory room. No reset space. No calm environment for students trying to regulate emotions while navigating the pressure of school, therapy, and growing up on the autism spectrum.
For many students, that moment could have become another painful memory.
For Rainbow, it became a mission.
Instead of giving up, shutting down, or waiting for adults to fix the problem, Rainbow has created a sensory room inside the school so future students would have the support she did not.
And now, as she prepares to graduate high school on May 29, she is leaving behind more than a diploma.
She is leaving behind a legacy.
“This was never about attention,” Rainbow said. “I just knew more students needed something better.”
The sensory room now exists as a real space where students can breathe, regulate, decompress, and feel safe during overwhelming moments.
At a time when youth mental health continues to dominate national conversations, Rainbow’s story stands out because it is not performative. It is lived experience turned into action by someone who was still a teenager while building the solution.
Outside of school, Rainbow has also hosts sensory art workshops and volunteers throughout Nashville with organizations supporting youth, animals, and families in crisis.
Friends and supporters describe her as resilient, creative, emotionally intelligent, and deeply committed to making spaces more inclusive for others.
Now, during Mental Health Awareness Month, Rainbow’s story is becoming part of a larger conversation about what happens when young people stop waiting for permission to create change themselves.
She is looking forward to sharing more with you. Her dream is to be hired as a consultant by businesses that will create sensory rooms in their spaces.
Sensory Room presentation
May 27 at 5:00 PM
Templeton Academy
Contact
Rainbow Mosho
[email protected]
Photo: Mural I painted in the Sensory Room
05/10/2026
We are so proud of Board member Charles Strecker and Unique Sweets alum Cristina Torres for their amazing work and advocacy. Congratulations on being asked to join this important group. Cristina is the founder os Autism Allies Appreciation Coalition and has brought this amazing group together. We are so proud of all of you!
04/23/2026
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