Family Support Groups:
Talk about Curing Autism (TACA) - provides the information and connection to
improve the quality of life of people with autism in their families. For families
who have just received the autism diagnosis, TACA aims to speed up the cycle time
that gets them from the diagnosis to the appropriate information that will lead to
effect treatment and supports. For all families, TACA builds the autism community
by connecting people with each other and the professionals who can help them,
allowing them to share stories and information to help people with autism be
the best that they can be.
Phone: 949-640-4401
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Website: www.tacanow.org
Families for Early Autism Treatment (FEAT) - is a non-profit organization of parents
and professionals, designed to help families with children who have received the
diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), including Autism, Pervasive Developmental
Disorder (PDD), or Asperger’s Syndrome. It offers a network of support where families
can meet each other and discuss issues surrounding autism and treatment options. FEAT
has a Board of Directors that meets monthly to discuss issues, establish priorities,
and vote on the direction of the organization.
Phone: 916-463-5323
Location: Sacramento, CA
Website: www.feat.org
Parents Helping Parents - PHP is a 28-year-old nonprofit, family resource center
that benefits children with special needs. This includes children of all ages
(birth through life) and all backgrounds who have a need for special services due
to any special need, including but not limited to illness, cancer, accidents,
birth defects, neurological conditions, premature birth, learning or physical
disabilities, mental health issues, and attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder
to name a few.
PHP's mission is to help children with special needs receive the resources,
love, hope, respect, health care, education, and other services they need to
reach their full potential by providing them with strong families, dedicated
professionals, and responsive systems to serve them.
Phone: 408 727-5775
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Website: www.php.com
Autism Society of American (ASA) - ASA is dedicated to increasing public awareness
about autism and the day-to-day issues faced by individuals with autism, their
families and the professionals with whom they interact. The Society and its chapters
share a common mission of providing information and education, and supporting research
and advocating for programs and services for the autism community.
Phone: 1-800-3AUTISM (1-800-328-8476)
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Website: www.autism-society.org
Foundations/Research Institutions:
The Autism Research Institute (ARI) - a non-profit organization was established in 1967.
ARI is primarily devoted to conducting research, and to disseminating the results of
research, on the causes of autism and on methods of preventing, diagnosing and treating
autism and other severe behavioral disorders of childhood. We provide information based
on research to parents and professionals throughout the world.
Phone: 619-281-7165
Location: San Diego, CA
Website: www.AutismResearchInstitute.com
Cure Autism Now (CAN) - is an organization of parents, clinicians and leading scientists
committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through raising
money for research projects, education and outreach.
Phone: 888-828-8476
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Website: www.cureautismnow.org
Autism Speaks - dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes,
prevention, treatments, and cure for autism; to raising public awareness about
autism and its effects on individuals, families, and society; and to bringing
hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder. Autism Speaks is
committed to raising the funds necessary to support these goals.
Phone: 212-252-8584
Location: New York, NY
Website: www.autismspeaks.org
National Alliance of Autism Research (NAAR) - The National Alliance for
Autism Research (NAAR) is the first organization in the U.S. dedicated to funding and
accelerating biomedical research focusing on autism spectrum disorders. Established in
1994 by parents of children with autism concerned about the limited amount of funding
available for autism research, NAAR was created in a spirit of optimism and excitement
over the opportunities for accelerating the pace of autism research. This spirit continues
to guide the organization today, enabled by recent advances in the neurosciences and other
scientific fields.
Phone: 1-888-777-NAAR
Location: Princeton, NJ
Website: www.naar.org
Nutrition/Diet:
Coach for Healthy Living -Nancy Guberti is a certified holistic
nutritionist and healthy lifestyle coach. She has dedicated her life to helping
others find the motivation and discipline to transform their lives into a healthy
lifestyle of living. As a mother of a child with severe allergies, weakened immune
system and liver dysfunction, Nancy Guberti has first-hand experience with many
specialized diets such as Wheat-Free, Gluten-Free, Diary Free, Yeast-Free,
Low Phenol Diet, natural detoxification protocols and supplement regimens.
Nancy's passion is to educate and empower parents with children that have been
diagnosed with biomedical disorders and learn about the importance of their dietary needs.
Phone: 914-725-6801
Location: Westchester County, NY
Email: nancy@coachforhealthyliving.com
Website: www.coachforhealthyliving.com
Funding
The California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) - DDS is the agency
through which the State of California provides services and support to children and adults
with developmental disabilities. These disabilities include mental retardation, cerebral
palsy, epilepsy, autism and related conditions.
Phone: 916-654-1690
Location: Statewide
Website: www.dds.ca.gov
