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Adults with Autism

Walmart Foundation Provides Funding for Disability Emergency Preparedness

July 13, 2009

Walmart Foundation Commits $500,000 to Improving Emergency Preparedness for the 54 Million Americans with Disabilities
Grant Will Support National Organization on Disability’s Emergency Preparedness Initiative
WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Walmart Foundation has made a $500,000 grant to further the work of the National Organization on Disability’s (N.O.D.) Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI). N.O.D. is nationally recognized [...]

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Ohio State University’s Autistic Self-Advocacy Network Chapter

April 30, 2009

The Ohio State chapter of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) was originally formed in late 2008 but the group is trying to get the organization off the ground and up and running. An article appeared in today’s edition of The Lattern – Autistic students self-represent.
A big difference between ASAN and similar organizations [...]

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ADULT ASPERGER TACTICS FOR PARENTS

April 28, 2009

ADULT ASPERGER TACTICS FOR PARENTS
By Dan Coulter
Does your child with Asperger Syndrome sometimes resist your guidance?
As the parents of an adult son with Asperger Syndrome, my wife and I have found that as a child gets older and feels the need to assert his or her independence, it may be harder and harder to [...]

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