Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Dear Autism Advocate: On June 14, 2005, Rep. Jon (R-Delaware) introduced legislation - HB 298 - to create an autism awareness license plate! This was one of the recommendations of the Ohio Autism Taskforce and we are very pleased that progress continues on the recommendations. Rep. has asked for additional sponsors for the legislation. Please contact your State Representative and encourage them to co-sponsor the Autism Awareness License Plate bill (HB 298). Potential co-sponsors should contact Rep. 's office - a list of the current sponsors follows my signature. There are currently over 25 co-sponsors for the bill, which is great - but more would be even better. Not sure how to find your state Representative? Visit www.house.state.oh.us, click on "Your Representatives" and enter your zipcode. The process of creating the Autism Awareness License plate is a two part process. One part, the legislation has now been introduced. The second part is collecting signatures to support the license plate. Over one thousand (1,000) signatures must be collected for a new license plate to be created! Here is where we need your help. Attached to this email is a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file containing the petition for collecting signatures for the license plate. Please download the file, sign the petition and encourage your friends, neighbors and relatives to sign. By signing the petition, people not "technically" obligated to purchase an Autism Awareness License plate, but we would hope that people would show their intent to buy by signing. In order to keep the license plate "active", at least 1000 must be purchased each year. The purchase of a plate does two things - increases awareness of autism and represents a $15 donation to the Autism Society of Ohio. People have to purchase plates each year anyway - if they are committed to improving services for persons with autism and their families in Ohio then this is an easy way to show it! And for those who are unable to do anything else - it is a major help! Even if you are able to only collect one signature - every signature helps! If every advocate collects just two (2) signatures, we will have over two thousand! Please note that persons can sign with a social security number OR their current license plate number. Only petitions with original signatures can be submitted to the BMV, so please snail mail any petitions with signatures to the ASO License Plate Chair: Ann Hagerstrand 11739 Grandstone Lane Cincinnati, OH 45249 Proceeds from the License plate will be used by ASO to continue our work of advocating for more and better services for persons with autism and their families in Ohio. Additionally, we hope to provide grants and assistance to ASA chapters in Ohio. If you have any questions regarding the Autism Awareness License plate, please do not hesitate to contact us at askASO@.... Thank you so much for your help and commitment to improving services for persons with autism and their families in Ohio! Sincerely, Barbara C. YavorcikPresidentAutism Society of Ohio701 S. Main St.Akron, OH 44311(330) 376-0211fax: (330) 376-1226email: askASO@...home: byavorcik@...web: www.autismohio.org2005 ASO Bi-Annual Conference"Reaching Beyond the Horizon - Challenging the Autism Spectrum"Friday and Saturday, October 14-15, 2005 Kingsgate Marriott in Cincinnati, Ohio ----------------------- HB 298 Co-sponsors: Representatives , s, C. , Carano, McGregor, Ujvagi, Combs, Aslanides, Harwood, Seaver, , Latta, Oelslager, Kearns, Setzer, , Seitz, Chandler, Schaffer, S. Patton, Reidelbach, , Otterman, Willamowski, Hoops, Mason, , Hagan, Wagoner, Redfern, Flowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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