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Presenter: Amy Goodman

Wednesday March 5th, 201410:15-11am CST

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Amy’s ProfileAmy’s ProfileCo-Director of Autism NOW1825 K. St. NWWashington DC 20006Phone: 202-600-3489 Ex: 3734E-mail: agoodman@autismnow.org Website: www.autismnow.org

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Autism NOW• The National Autism Resource and Information

Center• Initiative of The Arc• Funded by The Administration on Intellectual and

Developmental Disabilities (AIDD)

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Autism NOW’s Mission• The National Resource And Information Center is

a dynamic and interactive, highly visible and effective central point of quality resources and information for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities, their families, caregivers, and others.

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Autism NOW: Who We Are

• Autism Now is a national partnership of influential and respected organizations dedicated to resources, services and information for people with autism and other developmental disabilities guided by the Autism Now the National Advisory Committee.

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Autism Now Resources Cover:

Early Detection Early Intervention Early Education Transition: High School to Adulthood Community Based Employment Advocacy Community Inclusion Aging Policy Implementation of Health Care Reform Family and Sibling Support Many more

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Who are our Partners?Year Three and year Four• The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)• Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)

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Webinars• The Autism Now Center hosts FREE webinars• Variety of topics related to Autism Spectrum

Disorder• Variety of speakers from different partners• Check out the website: www.autismnow.org for

more information

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Website• www.autismnow.org• Features

o Interactive Mapo Videoso Blog Postso Resources (birth-adult)o Message Boardo Prism, monthly e-newsletterso Webinarso Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

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Videos• There are more than 30 videos about topics

related to ASD and I/DD. • We have a video series called “Autism Now

Answer Series where I answer questions about autism related topics.

• My most recent video was about Marriage and SSI and how that can be affected for an individual with I/DD

• It will be posted soon on our You Tube Page

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E-newsletter• Once a month we write and distribute an e-

newsletter entitled “Prism”.• I write a monthly article on a themed topic.• The topic for March 2014 is Autism

Awareness/Acceptance Month• To sign up go to www.autismnow.org and fill out

the form on the front page.

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Book Review• Once a month I review a book on the same topic

as the newsletter.• In March I will review a book entitled “my Big

Brother Bobby- A Story to help kids understand angry feelings and behaviors in others, by: Rebecca Dauer

• My reviews can be found in our e-newsletter each month

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Tool Kit• We are in the process of creating a Tool Kit for

Employers who hire employees with an ASD.• It will be written from the point of view of

individuals on the spectrum and focused on helping employers to understand the needs of such a diverse group of individuals.

• It will include 17 units under employment, each of which will consist of an introduction, a personal story, a tool to learn the material, and exercises, to follow up the material, as well as lots of resources as well.

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Advisory Committee• We have an advisory Committee which is

comprised of parents, professionals, and self-advocates

• One of the many things this committee is in charge of is vetting all materials we put on our website

• We meet once a quarter to discuss topics and get their advice on how things are going.

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Partners• We work with many partners on different things,

but our main focus is self-advocates• Our two partners for this current year are SABE

(Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered, ASAN (Autistic Self-Advocacy Network)

• They provide us with webinars, written projects, host our advisory committee, and review materials and much, much more.