We are building a purpose-built therapeutic campus for autistic adults in Florida. Sensory-adapted housing, individualized therapy, a working farm, and a farm-to-table restaurant. Not charity. Infrastructure.
When an autistic adult ages out of school-based services at 18, the structure that shaped their life largely disappears. What waits for most families is a waiting list and an impossible choice.
Read more about the needRootstead is modeled on L'Éveil du Scarabée, the therapeutic village in France named one of the five most architecturally significant autism buildings in the world. Its core principle: the built environment can directly reduce the intensity of autistic crises, because those crises so often have an environmental source.
"The crises of autistic people always have a source. That source is often in the immediate environment. We must create a habitat that helps reduce tension and stress." Emmanuel Negroni, architect of L'Éveil du ScarabéeSee the campus
A real estate developer with two decades of experience building and managing residential housing in France and the United States, now pointed at a population almost no one builds for.
Honorary French Consul for the Tampa Bay region and the father of an autistic adult daughter. He brings lived experience, community standing, and deep personal commitment.
We are looking for the people who will help build this: board members, advisors, real estate and capital partners, autism care professionals, and families.