“While Saving Max is an entertaining thriller, I hope that it will also shed light upon common misconceptions about the autism spectrum and spark discussions about the difficult choices that confront all parents raising their children, whether special needs or not.
If you’re the parent or guardian of a child with autism or Asperger’s Syndrome, the following organizations can provide resources and support for you and your family.”
- Antoinette.
“The Autism Society, the nation’s leading grassroots autism organization, exists to improve the lives of all affected by autism. We do this by increasing public awareness about the day-to-day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocating for appropriate services for individuals across the lifespan, and providing the latest information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy.”
Talk Autism
“TalkAutism is a communication service shared by many organizations to access a common database of resource directories, distance learning library, and special message boards.”
Autism Speaks
“Autism Speaks was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright, grandparents of a child with autism. Since then, Autism Speaks has grown into the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. We are proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish and look forward to continued successes in the years ahead.”
National Autism Association
“The mission of the National Autism Association is to educate and empower families affected by autism and other neurological disorders, while advocating on behalf of those who cannot fight for their own rights. We will educate society that autism is not a lifelong incurable genetic disorder but one that is biomedically definable and treatable. We will raise public and professional awareness of environmental toxins as causative factors in neurological damage that often results in an autism or related diagnosis. We will encourage those in the autism community to never give up in their search to help their loved ones reach their full potential, funding efforts toward this end through appropriate research for finding a cure for the neurological damage from which so many affected by autism suffer.”
Moms Fighting Autism
“Create your own profile to meet others or just browse through the posts on this social network of moms fighting autism.”
Parent to Parent USA
“Parent to Parent USA (P2PUSA) is a national non-profit organization committed to promoting access, quality and leadership in parent to parent support across the country. This site highlights alliance member statewide organizations that have parent to parent support as a core program and a commitment to implementing parent to parent evidence-based practices.”
