| Our Mission |
| To give information, support and help find resources for families facing the devastation of Autism.� To let others� know that there is hope. |
| Autism in a Military family |
| Autism strikes quickly and silently, one day you have a healthy happy child who laughs and plays.� The next you have a sullen, quiet child who can fixate on odd objects.� A child who can sit a watch a spinning top for hours.� The laughter becomes strange, the speech indecipheriable.� Without knowing how or why, but your child has left you and the little person left with you is but a shell of the former.� Everyday becomes a struggle, the tantrums inconsolable and another piece of furniture has been destroyed.� Your heart and mind are pushed to the limit of patience and understanding.� You suspect something, then it is confirmed, it is Autism. The pain you were feeling becomes multiplied by 1000.� You start to question everything you have done since before you got pregnant.� The combination of grief and guilt become paralyzing.� Then, you get angry... you decide to do whatever it takes to save your child. |
| STATISTICS: Autism affects 1 in 500 children annually Boys are 3 times likely to be affected than girls The incidence of Autism and increased 200% since 1990 |
| Where to start: Kolin's Page Tricare EFMP Medicaid Regulations STOMP |
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| Being a member of the military while having a child with Autism presents it's own challenges.� Stability and continuity, the basics when dealing with a child with Autism, are non- existent in the military.� Add to that dealing with state agencies who do not understand why the military can not give you social services.� Having school systems imply that you should only live on the military post, where you can use the military resources, not theirs.�� |
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