You can locate
information about support groups in other areas of the
country on the [email protected]
website. On the list, click on Local Help and Service
for support and clinical services on the left. This
website with an international listing of persons, agencies
and organizations who help support individuals, families
and professionals who work or live with Autism Spectrum
Disorders.
CONNECTICUT
Autism Spectrum Resource Center
Contact: (203) 265-7717
Asperger’s Network
A support group for parents of children with Asperger’s
Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism and PDD-Nos
Location: Simsbury, CT
Contacts: Gillian Smits
(860) 408 9147
Katherine Spencer-Molloy
(860) 651 4993
HUDSON
VALLEY (New York)
Support Network
Contact:
845.359.6090
LONG
ISLAND (New York)
GRASP
Long Island
Monthly meetings for adults and teens diagnosed along
the autism spectrum. Monthly meetings are held in Suffolk
one Saturday of each month in partnership with AHA.
Meetings are facilitated by a GRASP co-facilitator.
Subscribe through GRASP’s website at GRASP
– Subscribe
Go
to AHA’s support page or calendar for directions and
dates for the teen and adult support groups. Phone GRASP
at 888.474.7277 for further questions.
Parents of teens
may contact AHA at 888.918.9198.
GRASP has other support
in Nassau. Check GRASP’s website for all support available.
Directions to Suffolk Teen and Adult GRASP/AHA’s
support group meetings at 555 Washington Avenue, Brentwood, Long Island, New York
Elija Foundation – Serving parents, educators,
professionals and
caregivers of children
with ASDs. Utilizing research based treatment (Applied
Behavior Analysis (A.B.A) as their firm foundation of
intervention) they strive to keep their educational
programs for their children effective, exciting, enjoyable,
well-rounded, dynamic and based on the most current
research findings.
Phone: 516.433.4321
Suffolk Chapter of the Autism Society of America (NSASA)
(Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder)
GRANDPARENT
SUPPORT – GASAK I and GASAK II
Grandparent
Advocates Supporting
Autistic Kids (GASAK)is
a support, information and advocacy group of concerned
grandparents of children on the autism spectrum. At
these meeting for networking and sharing experiences
there will also be resource tables with useful information
for programs and services available to families of children
with autism.The groups are co-led by Judy Greenberg,
the grandparent of a child on the autism spectrum. There
is no fee for the meetings and everyone is welcome.
GASAK
I – NASSAU
GASAK I meets on the last Thursday of the month from
11:30 am – 1:00 pm at 480 Old Westbury Road, Roslyn
Heights, NY 11577. For further information and directions
please contact:
Margo
Messina at 516.626.1971 ext 370.
GASAK
II – SUFFOLK
COUNTY
GASAK II meets monthly on Wednesdays from 10:00am –
11:30am at the Cody Center,
Port Jefferson, NY. At this meeting for networking and
sharing experiences will also be a resource table, with
useful information for programs and services available
to families of children with autism. Refreshments will
be served. For further information contact Ellen
Woodward at 631.632.3127.
Youth Group of Today for 18 year olds or older who have completed High School
This group is intended for young adults with special needs who can function independently, would not require direct supervision, and who would like to participate in social and community based events such as, for example, movies, comedy shows, bowling, theater productions. Fees only apply to special events.
(College students from Stony Brook University’s Community Service Club will be joining the group for certain events).
The group will meet at St. Gerard Majella Parish Center, 300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776.
For more information please contact Donna Antignano at 631-473-0255, or send an email to [email protected]. This is a non-sectarian organization.
NEW ENGLAND
Association of New England
Phone: (617) 393-3824
Contact:
Stephanie Loo
NEW JERSEY
Inc.
Contact: Lori Shery (732) 321-0880
New
Jersey Adult Issues
Contacts: Mary
Meyer
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (201) 825-3286
Mrs. Bice Del Galdo
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (973) 503-0351
NEW YORK
GRASP Manhattan
Monthly meetings for adults diagnosed along the autism spectrum. Meetings are held monthly from 5:45 PM to 8:15 PM. Meetings are facilitated by GRASP’s board member Karl Wittig. Subscribe through GRASP’s website at: Subscribe to GRASP.
For further information about GRASP: www.grasp.org
Manhattan GRASP Meetings – New Location as of early 2015.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
Important Message from Karl Wittig and Tom McAnaney, at GRASP:
GRASP Manhattan and Over-50 support group meetings will NO LONGER take place at the current location.
Our NEW meeting location, for at least the first six months of 2015, will be:
Theaterlab
357 West 36th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues)
3nd Floor (accessible by elevator)
New York, NY 10018
Phone 212-929-2545.
It is located on the north (uptown) side of 36th St.
This is just 2 to 4 blocks north of Penn Station (depending on which exit you use).
It is also 6 blocks south of Port Authority Bus Terminal.
If the front door is locked, you will need to enter code 301 on the keypad, which is located to the RIGHT of the door and will connect you by telephone to Theaterlab, in order to be buzzed in. Upon entering, take the elevator to the 3rd floor.
PLEASE LET ANYONE YOU KNOW FROM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THESE CHANGES, AND REMIND THEM THAT THEY SHOULD MONITOR THEIR EMAIL FOR ANY FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Hope to see you at the meetings in 2015.
JCC Manhattan The JCC in Manhattan and
FEGS introduce Adaptations,
the Young Adult Life Skills Network. Adaptations
offers college-educated young adults- people in their
20s and 30s- needing special support, the benefit of
a supportive environment as you work toward achieving
your life goals. Adaptations
offers a wide variety of opportunities from social activities
to ways to improve interpersonal skills, explore career
options, and more. Both daytime and evening activities
are available.
Contact Melissa Jacobs at 646-505-4367 or at [email protected].
Website:http://www.jccmanhattan.org/adaptations.
PENNSYLVANIA
ASCEND Group, Inc., an Asperger Syndrome information
alliance for Southeastern Pennsylvania. A group similar
in activities to AHA.
Email: [email protected]
GRASP Philadelphia
Monthly meetings for adults diagnosed along the autism
spectrum plus a yahoogroup for outside discussion. GRASP
Advisory Board member Bob Hedin, facilitates.
Subscribe through GRASP’s website at GRASP
– Subscribe
(http://www.grasp.org/subsc.htm)
Email: [email protected]
for questions, meeting place, and directions.
GRASP Erie
Monthly meetings for adults diagnosed along the autism
spectrum plus a yahoogroup for outside discussion. GRASP
Advisory Board member Trista Rupp Plott, facilitates.
Subscribe through GRASP’s website at GRASP
– Subscribe
(http://www.grasp.org/subsc.htm)
Email: [email protected]
for questions, directions and meeting place.
Virginia
GRASP Williamsburg
Monthly meetings for adults diagnosed along the autism
spectrum.
GRASP member Katie Brazier facilitates.
Subscribe through GRASP’s website at GRASP
– Subscribe
(http://www.grasp.org/subsc.htm)
Email: [email protected]
for questions, directions, and meeting place.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Asperger Adults of Greater Washington
A support, social and advocacy group that welcomes adults with Asperger’s, high functioning autism, nonverbal learning disorder, semantic pragmatic disorder and PDD-NOS.
Members may be professionally or self-diagnosed.
Meets monthly in downtown Washington.
Contact: [email protected]
Website: http://www.aagw.net
WESTCHESTER (New York)
Support
for Parents of Adult Children with High Functioning
Autism/PDD/Asperger’s Syndrome.
The
group will meet on the fourth Sunday of the month from
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Blythedale Children’s Hospital
on Bradhurst Avenue in Valhalla, Westchester County,
NY.
Please join us for support and information and to discuss
the many issues related to your adult child’s disability.
We will also feature speakers covering topics of interest
to the group.
For further information:
Phone:
Judy Omidvaran at 914-526-3329
Email: