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Mansfield Hall |
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Is an amazing place for young adults to find their place in the world, grow, and learn.
Please take a look at the video and learn about their program & their space. Hear from the people who run the school, as well as the students who attend! |
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| MESSAGE FROM THE CEO |
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Our organization has connected with so many families and professionals around the world. To date, we’ve heard from folks in 119 countries.
We are proud to be the first North American organization to address the issues and needs of higher-functioning individuals with autism and Asperger syndrome.
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Our donations and funding have been decreasing, as well as subscriptions to our newsletter. We feel that the decrease in donations is due to the difficult economy.
However, we feel that the subscriptions have decreased because there are so many other sources of good information concerning higher-functioning individuals with
autism spectrum differences. An excellent example of this is the Autism Spectrum Quarterly and the online magazine Disability Scoop. |
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In order to deliver information and advice more quickly, we will be posting it with blogs on the website.
This is faster than
waiting for the quarterly newsletter. The newsletter is being suspended. We will attempt to personally answer
questions via our “contact us” link. This will occur once per week. If your need for answers can’t wait (and we realize that is often true),
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suggest you contact the Autism Society’s information line 1.800.3AUTISM (1.800.328.8476).
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You can use our new phone line to leave messages. Please leave an email address and talk clearly. We will answer you via email, as it is more time efficient. Our new phone is (219) 789-9874. |
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We will be increasing our book reviews and encourage publishers to submit books for review. |
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Why should you support ASC as well as the Autism Society? The answer is simple. The Autism Society is our source of legislative advocacy
and wonderful national conferences about ALL levels of autism. ASC directly addresses the needs of
those with level 1 autism, also known as Asperger Syndrome.
Since we have no funds available for advertising, we don’t
get the big donations that the Autism Society and other groups get. We rely on local grants in Indiana and your donations. |
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We will keep up our referral files and are in the process of updating in the next few weeks. If you know of an organization that should be listed, please send it to the
“contact us” link. We hope you will encourage those providers to purchase a more prominent listing, which is provided at a very low cost and helps us keep ASC’s webpage and
work alive. If you are listed as a provider and have a new phone number, email, address, etc., please also send us your corrections. |
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As your CEO and founder, I will occasionally enter thoughts via our Facebook page and in an article or two and a blog on this website. |
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Our thanks to the many families and professionals who donate regularly either independently, through Microsoft Charities, or through Give with Liberty.
You are the people who keep us going after 34 years! If your employer offers a matching funds charitable donation program, please list the Autism Spectrum Coalition
(also called MAAP Services, Inc.) as your preferred charity. |
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As always, I remind you… |
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE! |
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Sincerely, |
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Susan Moreno |
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| FEATURED ARTICLES |
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DEALING WITH THE DISAPPEARING ASPERGER DIAGNOSIS |
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This article is about being ready to deal with the changes coming when the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Edition V is issued in May of 2013. The American Psychiatric Association has announced that the diagnosis of "Asperger Disorder" will be removed from the newest edition of the manual. |
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HOW TO SURVIVE HOLIDAYS AND OTHER LARGE FAMILY GATHERINGS |
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Find out suggestions for everything from birthdays, family reunions and summer break. |
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