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About GRASP
Mission Statement
Because We Have an Obligation . . .
We, having been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism, and noting the steady increase in our own population, do hereby affirm our responsibility to serve not just ourselves as a community, but all of society and the world. To this end we will work
- To increase public awareness
of Asperger Syndrome and
High-Functioning Autism - To provide those with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism with a mutually-supportive community that is both comforting and challenging to one another
- To teach ourselves, through education and understanding, to maximize the talents brought on by our condition; to harness the unique capabilities and celebrate the accomplishments inherent in our community
- To teach ourselves, through education and understanding, to minimize the damage brought on by our condition; to reduce the harm caused when our behavior diverges from non-autistic norms
- To become a national, and
eventually, international force for change in
improving the lives of those with Asperger Syndrome
and High-Functioning Autism
(Note: Since this drafting in 2002, GRASP has taken the term
"high-functioning" out of most of our literature. But in an effort
to preserve our history we intend to leave this docuument as is)