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April is Autism Awareness Month.

Alaska Autism Resource Center (AARC) - April 9th Stephen Shore ASB will present LIVE from Boston on "Self-Advocacy for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum".

Autism Speaks

Autism Society of America

Autism Issues and Needs in Alaska

Center for Children with Special Needs

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Autism Information Center

Special Education Service Agency (SESA)

US Department of Health & Human Services


Parent Education

Stone Soup Group

Make Your Case - a three-hour self-directed course on how to communicate with public officials by effectively telling your personal story, writing a letter, providing testimony, and communicating in positive ways.

Partners in Education - six-hour self directed e-learning course to help parents with children with developmental disabilities better understand and maximize the benefites of special education services.

Partners in Employment - a self-study, Internet-based learning program, created to give users the practical skills needed to find real, competitive employment in their own community.

Partners in Living - a seven-hour self-directed e-learning course created to help people with developmental disabilities, their parents, family members and friends, educators and service providers understand the important concepts of self-determination, family support, community living and assistive technology.

Partners in Time - an eight-hour self-directed e-learning course created to help people with developmental disabilities, their parents, family members and friends, educators and service providers understand the history of society's treatment of people with disabilities from ancient times through the present.

Helpful Links:

US Department of Health & Human Services
Alaska DHSS, Senior & Disabilities Services
The Arc of Anchorage
Centers for Human Development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Developmental Milestone Checklist
Medline Plus - Developmental Disabilities
NAMI Alaska

Public Images Network Media Kit


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