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I'm out of town this week with limited internet access, so pls

contact either of these resources directly. They are the only ones

we're currently aware of thru IPADD. Hope they're helpful.

1) King Office Address:

1601 Bond St., Ste 300

Naperville, IL 60563

http://www.ImAnAspie.com

http://twitter.com/brianrking (FOLLOW ME)

AspieMan@...

Main Ph: 630-995-9559

Direct Ph: 630-778-3447

Emerg Ph: 815-263-7895

Fax: 630 689-9100

2)A new support group for people with Asperger syndrome begins

meeting in January and organizers hope to attract teenagers and

young adults

with this disability as they enter the adult world.For more

information, contact Donna at (847) 524-1089 or

pehedonna@... or Teri Dudasik at (847) 923-7173 or

ddudasik@....

And here was the article we'd previously posted on the group:

Families, business people and community members are invited to

Planning Asperger Syndrome Success and Generating Experiences

(PASSAGE), which meets the first Tuesday of the month from 7 to 9

p.m.

at Plaza Office Park, 121 S. Wilke Road, seventh floor, Arlington

Heights.

Schaumburg residents Donna and Teri Dudasik have sons

diagnosed with Asperger syndrome -- a high-functioning form of autism

-- prompting both women to become coordinators of the help group.

said older adults with the syndrome can attend and that

PASSAGE was mainly formed to help younger people overcome

difficulties

in job interviews, college life and independent living.

Because Asperger syndrome is a nonverbal learning disability,

said people such as employers may be unaware if someone has

been diagnosed.

" Most disabilities can be seen visually, but when talking with

someone

Asperger you may not know they have a disability. The main focus of

PASSAGE is teaching skills for appropriate behavior for finding a

job,

for example, " said.

" Young people with Asperger are bright academically. They just have

difficulty communicating with people, " she said.

Dudasik said most people with Asperger exhibited difficulty in social

interaction, unusual ways communicating and using language and,

lastly, an " interest in a topic to the point of obsession. "

At PASSAGE's first meeting, Jan. 27, Jody Quirk from the Vocation

Transition Program at Northwest Suburban Special Education

Organization, Mount Prospect, will be the guest speaker.

, a clinical psychologist, and Hoeck, an

autism coordinator for Northwest Suburban Special Education

Organization, will facilitate the meeting.

Also attending will be Stacey , a disability counselor, and

Brent Greiner, head of accommodations, both of Harper College.