The mission of the Autism Society of America is to promote lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families, to be fully included, participating members of their communities through advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism.
Goals:
v
To secure the services and supports necessary to
sustain the participation of adults with autism in the normal round of adult
life.
v To enable adults with autism to form households apart from their parents.
ASCEND, the Asperger Syndrome alliance for Greater
Philadelphia, holds meetings in
Chester County ASCEND meetings take place every third Wednesday of the month, 9:30-11:30 am, at Grove United Methodist Church, 490 West Boot Road, in West Chester. Chapter Coordinator: Barb Sullivan (610-701-0466 or barbas@erols.com).
Delaware County ASCEND meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month (except July and August), 7:30 pm, at Grace Chapel, which is located at Eagle and Darby Roads in Havertown. Chapter coordinator: Beth Zuckowski (610-789-7360 or mamazuk@hotmail.com).
Montgomery County ASCEND meetings take place every other month on the fourth Wednesday, 7:30 pm, at the Parenting Center at Abington, 1130 Old York Road, in Abington. Chapter coordinator: Deanna Bosley (215/885-6744 dlbosley@comcast.net).
Families of adults with AS/HFA and similar diagnoses hold ASCEND chapter meetings on the first Saturday of every month, 10 am to noon. Group members include parents, adult siblings, spouses, and partners. (Parents/siblings and spouses/partners break out into separate groups.) This group offers a private listserv to ASCEND members. Meetings are held at the Montgomery County Human Services Center, 1430 DeKalb Street, Norristown, PA 19401, in Classrooms A&B (New Horizons will then meet at 12n in Classrooms A&B and the "Spouses/Partners of" group will meet at 12n in Classroom C). For more information please contact Chapter Coordinator: Diane Pringle (215-386-3257; dianep@pobox.upenn.edu).
Ruth Ross is the Director of The Exceptional Child Network. There are Home Based Programs and numerous resources available through the ChildNetwork for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. You can contact Ruth Ross for an information packet.
FEAT is a non-profit
organization dedicated to providing world class Education, Advocacy, and
Support for the Northern California Autism Community.
Includes many links to other
autism sites.
755 autism-related links.
"More Autism related links than you can shake a stick at!!!......."
Personal Web Site of Chris
Slater, an adult with high functioning autism. Includes links to other
ASD individuals' web sites.
An affiliate of the Autism
Research Institute. Includes autism and autism-related resources on the
Internet.
"This web site is a guide
for parents, professionals, people with Asperger's Syndrome, and their
partners. "
v
what families can do to lessen negative police
encounters; advice from the police about their needs
v information for persons with autism
v information for law enforcement officers; how to access police trainers and officers with this information
This is a web site for parents that provides details on events, seminars, news and information on Autistic Spectrum Disorders throughout the state of Pennsylvania.
"Room 5 is a classroom
web page dedicated to helping parents and teachers of students with autistic spectrum
disorders."
"Information and
resources for children and adults with disabilities."
How to contact your legislators:
"PACER is a nonprofit
that helps parents and families of children with disabilities."
A site for those who want to
be aware of childhood developmental milestones and potential delays. A
comprehensive site, and a good first step.
Last Updated: March 10, 2006