I'm the president of A Voice For Autism. I have a support group that meets every Second Thursday of the month at a residence in Easton . Can help with financial and informational needs. Call or e-mail me for more information.

Although Abilities Network has been providing services to children with autism and their families for years through our Project ACT, Family Support Services, and Community & Employment Partners programs, our new Autism Waiver services specifically address the challenges faced by children with autism and their families. The specific areas addressed under Abilities Network�s new Autism Waiver services include Intensive Individual Support Services, and Family Training. Within these categories, families have access to the sort of hands-on services needed to allow their children to achieve at their maximum level in all areas of their lives. Autism centered trainings and services for a child and their family may focus specifically on behavior shaping and management, daily living skills, socialization, mobility, and self-direction.

Serves clients in Garrett and Allegany Counties.

ABLEDATA provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources. Although ABLEDATA does not sell any products, they can help locate the companies that do.

Alliance Mission

To offer quality services and opportunities which empower people with disabilities to achieve social and economic growth.

Through consumer choice and collaboration.
Through leadership and innovation.
Through cost effective programs.
By facilitating a process which leads to informed choices and community integration.
Through consumer advocacy and community education.
Alliance will provide rehabilitation, treatment, case management, vocational and employment services to individuals of all ages and disabilities in the state of maryland and its surrounding areas.

Pediatric occupational and physical therapy clinic

Serves entire state of Maryland. Out of home care can be arranged. Approved Autism Waiver Provider for Respite Care, Family Training and IISS in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties.

Our group is dedicated to the advocacy and developmental needs of children who have been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.

Support Group

MISSION

To create partnerships that support families and communities in their efforts to nurture, protect, and value the lives of persons with disabilities.

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

The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (formerly the American Association of University Affiliated Programs for Persons with Developmental Disabilities) is a 501(c) non-profit organization that promotes and supports the national network of university centers on disabilities, which includes University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD), Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Programs and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers (DDRC).

AUCD's mission is to advance policy and practice for and with people with developmental and other disabilities, their families, and their communities by supporting our members in research, education, and service activities that achieve our vision.

Autism Salisbury support group offers support, IEP Assistance, Trainings and Conferences.

ASA is dedicated to increasing public awareness about autism and the day-to-day issues faced by individuals with autism, their families and the professionals with whom they interact. The Society and its chapters share a common mission of providing information and education, supporting research and advocating for programs and services for the autism population.

We are a support group for parents, professionals, or other people whose lives have been touched by someone diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.