www.foundationforautismsupportandtraining.org

or

www.myarchway.org

we also have a social networking site at www.myarchway.ning.com

Our phone number is: 301-260-2777

Our Mission:
Our mission is guided by a vision of a good life for people with autism across the entire spectrum. Through a person-centered process called Lifespan Planning, we can ensure that our loved ones have the choice to live and thrive in the communities they know. To accomplish this, we also need to find or develop a menu of high-quality community housing options that are sustainable, integrated, accessible, affordable, and most importantly, are real homes that are specifically adapted to support the needs of adults with autism. We also need to find and train qualified support staff, provide augmentative communication (speech generating devices) to help people with autism communicate and we also need to understand how assistive technology can be used to support greater independence.

ARCHway was designed for family members, loved ones, caregivers, professionals and other stakeholders whose lives are personally touched by teens and adults with autism. ARCHway is a place to develop communities where people can communicate with other like-minded people who are also looking for solutions about where they can find or develop long-term, sustainable housing options. Here we share knowledge and provide facilitated discussion forums specifically on this topic. ARCHway provides a place where members can recommend or not recommend group homes to others. By request, ARCHway provides contact information of other members in your local area that also want to connect and form chapters in order to develop friendships and plan happy, safe and sound futures for adults with autism. The ARCHway pages on this site contain an expanded Table of Contents with a tremendous amount of
information on developing community housing options and much more.

Karen Kaye-Beall, Executive Director
Foundation for Autism Support & Training (FAST)
Developing high quality, model community homes and supportive living options for adult consumers with autism
Speech, Communication & Reading Center (SCRC)
To improve a person with autism's functional communication abilities and reading skills is to greatly improve their overall quality of life
Center for Autism Support & Training (CAST)
Providing in-home intensive support services, respite care and family training services for families and children with autism up to 21 years of age

801 Norwood Road
Silver Spring, MD 20905
Phone: 301.260.2777
Fax: 301.260.7643
Email: kkbcast@verizon.net
www.foundationforautismsupportandtraining.org

Ardmore Enterprises, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization providing supports to empower individuals with developmental disabilities.

Our Mission is to provide homes, support, and loving care for individuals with developmental disabilities, enabling them to participate as fully as they wish in all aspects of community life.

The Benedictine Open Community Program is based on the intrinsic value of human life; this worth, Benedictine believes, bestows a dignity requiring respect, support and nurturance. The Open Community Program's mission is to lead its adults with developmental disabilities to independence to fulfill their potential as participating members of society.

The objective of Caring Hands, Inc. is to provide the individuals they serve an atmosphere that enables each to enjoy a life of dignity and which encourages each to achieve individual goals, dreams, and full potential.

Center for Social Change (CSC) is a nonprofit organization that provides residential and supported employment services to children and adults with development disabilities in the community. CSC is a strong advocate of personal choices for individuals who are developmentally, physically, psychologically and emotionally challenged. It has been serving the mentally and physically disadvantaged individuals in Maryland (USA) for the past 10 years.

Supported Employment, Sheltered Workshop/Vocational Day Program, Day Habilitation Program, Family and Individual Support Services, Community Supported Living Arrangements, Respite Care, Transportation, Sports, Recreation, Leisure, Services for Children.

To provide quality services that enhance and improve the life of individuals who are developmentally disabled.

Our Family of Services include
agencies in six states, the District of Columbia, and Israel
assisting people with disabilities including mental retardation,
mental illness and other disabilities

Community Support Services, Inc. is committed to the provision of quality, community-based services to children and adults with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. Individuals at CSS are supported in accordance with their needs in school, work, home and the community by a team of highly trained staff and certified therapists and consultants for the purposes of enriching their lives, upholding their dignity, and fostering community.

To enable individuals with autism to achieve their highest potential and contribute as confident individuals to their community.

CSAAC is a private, nonprofit agency dedicated to serving persons disabled by autism. Its mission is to help these individuals to remain in their communities to live, work, and play. CSAAC believes that all persons with autism can benefit from and be a benefit to their communities.

I have 15 years of experience working with children and youth having developmental disabilities and autism.

The mission of the Developmental Disabilities Administration is to provide leadership to assure the full participation of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in all aspects of community life. In addition, DDA's goal is to promote their empowerment to access quality supports and services necessary to foster personal growth, independence and productivity.

We provide consultations and guidance on lifespan planning for teens and adults with autism, plus we provice start to finish consultation on developing community housing options, adapations and assistive technology for adults with autism