Elizabeth Salgado, of the Bronx, works as a para-professional for autistic children for the NYC Board of Education. She works in 352X, a special needs school, inside PS 75 in Hunts Point. Several teachers were graduates of NYSCAS and recommended that she get a college degree and become a teacher. Salgado had a different idea. “I want to become an occupational therapist,” said Salgado. “I’ve seen how much occupational therapists can do for children with autism. They teach them basic skills.”