The Autism Fund needs your help!
All money raised by The Autism Fund pays for Autism treatment for children, helping them to develop social, motor and verbal behaviors and reasoning skills using a treatment known as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
The American Surgeon General recommends Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as an essential therapy for children with Autism or other developmental disorders of childhood.
Office of the American Surgeon General
Treatment
Because autism is a severe, chronic developmental disorder, which results in significant lifelong disability, the goal of treatment is to promote the child’s social and language development and minimize behaviors that interfere with the child’s functioning and learning. Intensive, sustained special education programs and behavior therapy early in life can increase the ability of the child with autism to acquire language and ability to learn. Special education programs in highly structured environments appear to help the child acquire self-care, social, and job skills. Only in the past decade have studies shown positive outcomes for very young children with autism. Given the severity of the impairment, high intensity of service needs, and costs (both human and financial), there has been an ongoing search for effective treatment.
www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter3/sec6.html
We have also seen recent reports of the University of Connecticut study of children with autism showing remarkable success with the use of ABA treatment
Many health insurance companies and Medicaid will not cover the cost of this treatment. Therefore, many families cannot benefit from ABA therapy for their children.
We really need your help – you can make a huge difference.
Can you help us?
There are several fund raising events taking place in Lee and Collier Counties each year. Please click on the ‘Events’ section to see the next event, then come along and support The Autism Fund
Why not host an event yourself, perhaps a charity dinner, a charity run, car wash, coffee morning, etc.
Contact us and we can suggest hundreds of fun ways for you to raise money for The Autism Fund.
