Project S.P.E.A.K
Supporting Parents through Empowerment, Advocacy, and Knowledge
A series of parent to parent networking, information sharing opportunities in the community.
Transition from School to Adulthood
A series of workshops and seminars to help parents transition children from school to adulthood.
Click on the link above to see the entire fall/winter series available.
Lose the Training Wheels Bike Camp
This summer camp is for children 8 years and older with developmental delays or disabilities. The camp is also looking for student volunteers to help with the program. Click on the above link for more details.
Click here for volunteer information.
Buy a FanClubCard and help support ASNO
This is a fund-raiser for ASNO. When you purchase a membership to the FanClubCard.com website a significant amount of the membership fee comes directly to support the Autism Society of Northwest Ohio! Anyone can visit the site, but only members can access the great deals. On the site you will find enormous discounts from over 150 local businesses on items you use every day. The list gets bigger as new businesses are added every week, making your card more valuable every day! You will even receive email alerts when new businesses and great new offers are added. The best part is you can use your FanClubCard over and over, there are never any limits!
On behalf of the people we serve, I personally endorse this great program and truly feel FanClubCard.com is a great fit for our organization. Please help us reach our goal! It's so EASY to do and remember you will get great savings on things you and your family really need.
Click here to purchase the card. Use code ASNO. Please enter this code when you purchase your membership. This code is specifically linked to the Autism Society of Northwest Ohio and will insure our organization receives a portion of each membership fee.
Register your Kroger Plus card online for the Kroger Community Rewards Program to benefit ASNO. This will not cost you a cent and will raise money for us!
TO USE THE KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM:
• Go to krogercommunityrewards.com to register your Kroger card online.
• Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with the Autism Society after you sign up.
• If you do not yet have a Kroger Plus card, you can get one at the customer service desk at any Kroger.
• Click on Sign In/Register. Most participants are new online customers, so you must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box.
• Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions
• You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.
• Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
• Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.
• Update or confirm your information.
• Enter NPO number for ASNO (the Non-Profit Organization # is 83748) or name of organization, or select organization from list and click on confirm.
• To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information page.
Remember: purchases will not count for ASNO until after our members register their cards, so register today!
Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 877-576-7587 to get your Kroger Plus card number. Members must swipe their registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count.
If you are interested in the alternate SCANBAR method of member registration, please call 800-837-4483 and a SCANBAR letter will be mailed to you or contact me at the office to obtain a scanbar form.
National Children's Health Survey Report Finds Autism Prevalence Now 1 in 91
A national report released October 5, 2009 in the journal Pediatrics reveals that 1 percent of U.S. children ages 3-17 have an autism spectrum disorder, an estimated prevalence of one in every 91 children. This is a dramatic increase from the one in 150 prevalence rates currently reported. The report, entitled “Prevalence of Parent-Reported Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children in the US,” published in the October 5 issue of Pediatrics, was conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services National Survey of Children’s Health, using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report was conducted via a telephone survey of over 78,000 parents, and determined a point prevalence of 110 per 10,000 respondents, roughly 1 percent of the population of children in the United States.
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