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Name: Anonymous Category: Services: Respite Agency City: Caguas State: PR Date: 10/7/2008 2:24:30 PM Feedback: 0 Need help in respite I want respite care for my autistic daughter. She is 19 years old. I really need the service. Thank you Sonia Carrasquillo

Name: Anonymous Category: METHODS, TREATMENT, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS City: New Canaan State: CT Date: 10/7/2008 6:23:41 AM Feedback: 0 BCBA Greenwich Education and Prep is seeking a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to join our staff. We are looking for an individual with a Masters or Doctoral degree in Special Education or Psychology, who is Board Certified in Behavior Analysis, and has experience working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Primary responsibilities will be to provide consultative support and clinical supervision to staff in programs for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. We seek an individual with exceptional clinical skills and a proven and extensive history of team leadership and collaboration.

Name: Charla McCann Category: OTHER City: Columbus State: MS Date: 9/30/2008 11:12:56 AM Feedback: 0 Single Mother of 2, One autisc & unemployed due to domestic voilence I am a single mother of 2 daughters, ages 10 and 17 with the oldest being diagnosied with Asperger's Syndrome since the age of 4. I was living on my own salary of $12.50hr with open child support cases for both of my girls. As always, the child support enforcement agency has been unable to collect any payments for my children. I tried to apply for TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) as a supplemental income, but of course I was denied those benefits because I was a working mom. On July 23, 2008 I lost my job due to domestic violence and now unemployed. The state of Virginia does not recognize DV as a qualifying reason for seperation so I have had no income since the date above. I am currently appealing this decision and if God can give me the financial ability I plan on appealing all the way to Washington, DC. Due to my employment change, I have since lost my apartment of 4 years, where my Asperger's daughter was very secure, and have had to move to another state to reside with my mother. My only means of transportation is now at risk for repossession. It is truely a blessing she has allowed for us to come here but this major change has caused my daughter to become very depressed. Living here with my mother we have no room of our own. Our clothes are piled in the dining room, and sleeping arrangements vary nightly. My daughter is struggling very much. I have searched for work here in this area since my arrival and have yet to even get a job interview so that I can get my daughter back into her own space. I have posted my resume online and have had many hits on it in the Orlando, FL area so my goal is to try and get there by the end of October. The only problem I am running into is having the money for a security deposit and first month rent so that when we arrive we have a place to live. I am very confident I will find employment within the first 2 weeks of my arrival. That's my question to the government: What does this billion dollar bailout do for people like myself who have already been affected and pretty much homeless. I am wondersing in anybody knows of any organizations that are out there to help in matters like this. Just a short note, in the Women's World Magazine dated 10/6/08, pg40, there is an article which reads "They gave her a free down payment for a house". Ladies this article is about a single mother of a 10yr autistic boy whose housing arrangements weren't very steady and somehow her word got published and she was given %50,000.00 toward a down payment from 2 football players. Does anyone know where to post our needy situations for possible consideration.

Name: priscilla gomez Category: Research: Funding Agencies City: wanaque State: NJ Date: 9/22/2008 8:24:32 AM Feedback: 0 need funds for daycare my name is priscilla and i am a single mother i have 3 kids ages 5, 3, and 1 month and my 3 year old has autism and its very hard to take care of 3 small kids with no help i dont get child support i have an order but he just wont pay for years and now i have an autism child who needs alot of attention i need funds for daycare so i could work and feed and cloth my children i help with selling the autism puzzle pieces to help find a cure for my daughter but how can i get someone to help me and my kids with clothing, food, funds, housing. i wish i could also get on some kind of housing program i pay rent and its hard for me to pay it

Name: Alice Allen Category: Services: Family Support City: West paterson State: NJ Date: 9/19/2008 10:37:22 AM Feedback: 1 financial assistance Hello I am a singel mother, who is lookign for a job, but its hard, I have a 6 yr old autistic daughter who is my life, right now i need help , i am not receing no food stamps or cash assistance the state took it from me, if you can help me in any way i would greatly apprecate it!