In 1973, Andy McCabe took over as director of special education for the Bayonne School District. While he had to help coordinate programs for children with various disabilities, he did not see his first autistic child until 20 years later. “Then in a few years, there were some more,” he said. “By 2000, I had 50.” In 1993, he started the first public school program for the autistic in New Jersey; a