FOX News Story – Men with Autism Find Relief at a Ranch

Rusty’s Morningstar Ranch – A Place of Peace

By William Hermann – The Arizona Republic, November 17, 1996 Excerpts from the Arizona Republic Cornville Men who once howled away their days now quietly tend a garden. Men who once beat themselves with their fists now gently groom horses. At Rusty’s Morningstar Ranch,.. men racked by the incurable disorder of autism are making new [...]

A Look Inside Rusty’s Morningstar Ranch

By Paula McHugh – The Beacher, April 11, 2002 Rusty, Jim, Joe, Coby, and Brian each live in his own private world, a common manifestation of autism. Yet at the same time, each of the men are keenly aware of every noise, every smell, every touch and every sight from something outside of their mostly [...]

Rusty’s Morningstar Ranch offers new start for autistic adults

By – Kellie Shelton – Kudos, December 12, 2001 Prayers were answered in Cornville in 1985. Mothers received answers to their prayers. Young men received hope and a promise of a productive life; a life where they can be a part of the world, where they can form relationships and where they can receive the [...]

Rusty’s Ranch: A total life experience

Deep in the heart of Cornville is a ranch run by five very special men. It is not a big ranch, but Rusty, Brian, Joe and Jim operate the ten-acre place they call home; with a little help. Rusty’s Morningstar Ranch is a home for autistic adults. They live at the ranch with four around-the-clock [...]