In New York City, a Haven for Families Living with Severe Autism
SNACK* serves the spectrum, and in contrast to most state-funded programs, welcomes clients with severe behaviors.
New Study Finds Childhood Autism Rates in Jersey Are Double National Estimates
Autism affects about 1 in 28 children, or about 3.6% of children in metropolitan areas of the Garden State.
Please respond to urgent need for evidence-based services for adults with ASD
“For those of us in the trenches, living with and supporting an adult with severe autism, [lack of services] is an issue of how to stave off the suffering and misery that lie in his future when we can no longer protect him.”
A mother's prescient 2012 letter about the disaster of DSM-5 ASD
After 8 years of the DSM-5’s disastrously overbroad “Autism SpectrumDisorder," we can now safely say the doomsayers were correct. Here’s a letter written by a mom before the DSM-5 went into effect. NCSA is now calling for reform.
The law must allow relatives to open group homes for the severely autistic
Public comment to the IACC: “This system breaks families apart.”
“Now that they are men with the intellect of young children, they need adequate housing and support, beyond our home.” But “there is a severe shortage of Res Hab homes for the profound population.”
"The IACC needs to hold a session on inpatient and outpatient care options for the severely autistic who can no longer live safely at home"
Many public comments to the IACC stress the crisis in crisis care. Families endure years of trauma and desperation, with little support.
IACC 2021: A Potemkin Village of Autism?
Despite some glimmers of serious intent, the “autism” discussed at the IACC was for the most part a mild difference, with members sometimes angling to swipe away severe autism with an Orwellian language eraser.