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Apr 2, 2024, 4:30 AM

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April is National Autism Acceptance Month.

Looking for expert advice and more information? Here’s a tri-state guide of organizations from Autism Speaks:

ADVOCACY

Disability Rights New York

Achievement Behavior Services

Next Step Solutions NY

AUTISM FRIENDLY SERVICES

ACEing Autism

Achievement Behavior Services

American Autism Association

Applied Behavioral Mental Health Counseling

Atlas Foundation For Autism

Center for Autism and Related Disorders

Comprehensive Behavioral Supports

EMPLOYMENT & POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

Autism and Special Needs Life Coach, LLC

Bridges to Adelphi Program

Brooklyn Letters

NEXT for AUTISM

Workplace Inclusion Now

EVALUATION & DIAGNOSIS

To learn more about early screening for autism, visit ScreenforAutism.org (DetecciondeAutismo.org for Spanish) to access both English and Spanish resources to identify the signs of autism, take part in a screening questionnaire, and request information from the Autism Speaks Autism Response Team before, during and after a child’s diagnosis.

Autism Speaks has a list of resources of different doctors across the tri-state area. Click here for the full list.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Looking for support groups? Here’s a list from Autism Speaks.

MORE RESOURCES

Autism Speaks: Light It Up Blue

UN: World Autism Awareness Day

Autism Society

The Autism Research Institute

Autism Resources

CDC: Autism

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