OT: Please open your homes to hurricane victims with autism

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone! :-)

This is a GREAT IDEA to help families with autistic children who have

been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. I am forwarding this with

permission from the CK2 (chelatingkids2 ) list.

Permission is given to forward this post freely to any group that you

think might help.

Dear listmates -

I am organizing a group of families that are willing to host families

with autistic children or adults that have been affected by the

hurricane.

These people will be homeless for quite sometime. Their children

need safe, comforting places to live. They need to have access to

schools so that they can get the therapy they need. Their parents

need a home who understands their special needs. Most importantly,

they need this as quickly as possible.

I know many of us are at or near our breaking points, but can you

imagine managing your autistic child in the Astrodome with thousands

of people? These families need our help.

It will be hard, but we can do more.

Identifying these families will be challenging, but I want to have a

network established so that we can get them into homes as soon as

they are identified. I have told Unlocking Autism about my

efforts.

Addtionally, my sister-in-law has been deployed on the USS Comfort

and I have her and her colleagues on the look out for these

families.

If you are willing to be a host family, please email me privately

with your contact information (name, phone number, email, location

and how many people you feel you can accommodate). I will not

release your private information to anyone without your consent.

Thank you for help.

Most sincerely,

Libby Rupp (mom to Isabella, 4, ASD)

[Guest guest]

Hello Ginger (and everyone),

I accidentally forgot to include Libby's email address in my post; her

email address is:

rupp5102@...

I have thanked everyone who responded to me, and have forwarded their

information to Libby.

At 10:42 PM 9/1/2005 -0700, you wrote:

,

There is no email address on this note.

Can you get it to me?

Ginger

R. Owen wrote:

Hello everyone! :-)

This is a GREAT IDEA to help families with autistic children who have

been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. I am forwarding this with

permission from the CK2 (chelatingkids2 ) list.

Permission is given to forward this post freely to any group that you

think might help.

Dear listmates -

I am organizing a group of families that are willing to host

families

with autistic children or adults that have been affected by the

hurricane.

These people will be homeless for quite sometime. Their

children

need safe, comforting places to live. They need to have access to

schools so that they can get the therapy they need. Their parents

need a home who understands their special needs. Most

importantly,

they need this as quickly as possible.

I know many of us are at or near our breaking points, but can you

imagine managing your autistic child in the Astrodome with thousands

of people? These families need our help.

It will be hard, but we can do more.

Identifying these families will be challenging, but I want to have a

network established so that we can get them into homes as soon as

they are identified. I have told Unlocking Autism about my efforts.

Addtionally, my sister-in-law has been deployed on the USS Comfort

and I have her and her colleagues on the look out for these

families.

If you are willing to be a host family, please email me privately

with your contact information (name, phone number, email, location

and how many people you feel you can accommodate). I will not

release your private information to anyone without your consent.

Thank you for help.

Most sincerely,

Libby Rupp (mom to Isabella, 4, ASD)

[Guest guest]

>>>> If you are willing to be a host family, please email me privately

> with your contact information ... Most sincerely, Libby Rupp

,

Libby's email didn't come through in the forwarded message. If you, or

anyone else has, please post for those interested.

.

[Guest guest]

In church this morning ( Village Baptist Church, NY) I met a

woman who lives in Saranac Lake NY. Her family is willing to take in a

family with an autistic child or with other special needs. Their home is

already handicapped-accessible. Contact me off list and I will share

contact information.

Ort

Center NY

doug0531 at earthlink dot net

OT: Please open your homes to hurricane victims with autism

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Hello everyone! :-)

This is a GREAT IDEA to help families with autistic children who have been

displaced by Hurricane Katrina. I am forwarding this with permission from

the CK2 (chelatingkids2 ) list. Permission is given to

forward this post freely to any group that you think might help.

Dear listmates -

I am organizing a group of families that are willing to host families with

autistic children or adults that have been affected by the hurricane.

These people will be homeless for quite sometime. Their children need safe,

comforting places to live. They need to have access to schools so that they

can get the therapy they need. Their parents need a home who understands

their special needs. Most importantly, they need this as quickly as

possible.

I know many of us are at or near our breaking points, but can you imagine

managing your autistic child in the Astrodome with thousands of people?

These families need our help.

It will be hard, but we can do more.

Identifying these families will be challenging, but I want to have a network

established so that we can get them into homes as soon as they are

identified. I have told Unlocking Autism about my efforts.

Addtionally, my sister-in-law has been deployed on the USS Comfort and I

have her and her colleagues on the look out for these families.

If you are willing to be a host family, please email me privately with your

contact information (name, phone number, email, location and how many people

you feel you can accommodate). I will not release your private information

to anyone without your consent.

Thank you for help.

Most sincerely,

Libby Rupp (mom to Isabella, 4, ASD) rupp5102@...