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GRASP Benefit Update: Journal Deadline Extended to April 29!

The 2012 GRASP benefit on Tuesday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the League of Women Voters' Ballroom (4 West 43rd Street, between 5th and 6th avenues) in New York is getting closer! And we have extended the deadline for purchasing journal ads to April 29, 2012!
 
Can't make the event, and want to congratulate GRASP on a great year? Or
• Divine Neurotypical Award ("the DNA") winner, Stephanie McCaskill?
• Friend and Benefactor Award ("the FAB")…
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Added by Michael John Carley on April 25, 2012 at 9:00pm — No Comments

GRASP Benefit Update: Journal Deadline Extended to April 29!

The 2012 GRASP benefit on Tuesday, May 15 at 6:00 p.m. at the William Bennett Gallery in New York is getting closer! And we have extended the deadline for purchasing journal ads to April 29, 2012!
 
Can't make the event, and want to congratulate GRASP on a great year? Or
• Divine Neurotypical Award ("the DNA") winner, Stephanie McCaskill?
• Friend and Benefactor Award ("the FAB") winners, Chris and Terry Ballou?
• Thrust…
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Added by Michael John Carley on April 25, 2012 at 9:00pm — No Comments

NBC's "Dateline" Seeks a Family in NJ, NY or CT . . .

Dear tri-state families and clinicians:
 
The following is a request from a "Dateline" producer, Marjorie McAfee, whom GRASP has been in contact with several times (p.s. we like her) . . . 
 
Please note the following important points:
1. They're looking for a family that has a child with significant challenges who is soon to age out, or is aging out of the system (around 21 years old)
2. Deadline is June 1
3. A…
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Added by Michael John Carley on April 18, 2012 at 3:04pm — 3 Comments

GRASP Interfaith Event This Sunday, April 22, 10 a.m. in New York City

Dear all (with apologies to those outside the NYC area):
 
A reminder that this weekend, GRASP is hosting "Persons on the Autism Spectrum in Their Communities of Faith," a panel discussion about how our folks feel their behavioral differences are accepted or rejected by their respective…
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Added by Michael John Carley on April 18, 2012 at 2:35pm — 2 Comments

DSM-5 Update: The Committee Digs In

All:

 

DSM-5 developments have slowed down a tad, and we're partly responsible as we huddled close and (1) waited to see how the DSM Committee responded to the criticism, and (2) mapped out what we hope to, and can, do.

 

In short, the Committee isn't budging. Despite the controversy, the flawed field trials, the disingenuous damage control conducted by Committee members, and Fred Volkmar's certainty that more studies are forthcoming that back up the Yale and LSU…

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Added by Michael John Carley on April 9, 2012 at 3:19pm — 6 Comments

The 2012 GRASP Distinguished Spectrumite Medal WinnerS (the "DSM")

As we prepare for the 2012 GRASP benefit on Tuesday, May 15 at the League of Women Voters' Ballroom (4 West 43rd Street, between 5th and 6th avenues)  in New York, we want to showcase the recipients of our usual three awards, and a fourth award that is special to this year only. This is the fourth and final of these four posts. 

 

The 2012 Distinguished Spectrumite Medal (The "DSM"):…



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Added by Michael John Carley on April 5, 2012 at 11:00am — No Comments

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