Re: Cost of Alternative treatments

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Here is some info on the NAA-North East Ohio Chapter. They are

taking applications until Oct. 30th.

-Trish

NAA -North East Ohio

GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT

The National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio Chapter (NAA-NEO)

is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its

2007 Helping Hand Grant Program. NAA-NEO raised $23,000 in a recent

fundraising event and will be distributing those funds to local

families in need of financial assistance.

Interested parties include service providers, autism schools,

parents, autism organizations, and friends or families of parents

caring for a person with autism. Please forward this information to

those whom you might think would qualify and/or be interested in

this program.

Helping Hand Grants in Northeast Ohio will be provided to qualifying

families demonstrating financial need as determined by the NAA-NEO

Board of Directors. Grants will be awarded in an amount up to $1,000

to help children with autism access needed interventions.

Examples of covered services include speech therapy, occupational,

and physical therapy, music therapy, social groups, behavioral

intervention, home programming costs, tuition assistance at autism

schools, respite care, marriage counseling for the parents, summer

camps expenses, as well as medical testing and treatment costs,

including biomedical interventions.

Grants will be given to qualifying families that reside in the NAA -

NEO service area, i.e. in Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Lorain, Summit,

Medina, and Portage counties.

You may review and download our grant application by clicking here:

2007 NAA-NEO Helping Hand Application.

Application forms will be accepted through October 31, 2007.

National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio Chapter (NAA-NEO)

Board of Directors

Don Pattison, President

Jocelyn Mills, M.A. CCC/SLP

Petique Oeflein, Treasurer

Conaway, Board Member

Pattison. Board Member

Think Autism. Think Cure. ®

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> I Have a question the cost of these alternative treatments are

alot is

> there any help you can get to help alittle with the cost. We have

> five children and two are on the spectrum. I want to try some of

> these but the cost is overrealming for two. We are on a very

fixed

> income. I wish things were not so much!

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