Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center is pleased to announce the election of Stephanie King to its board of directors.
Stephanie has been with The Charles Schwab Corporation for 17 years where she has held a number of leadership positions. She is currently head of Planning and Advised Consulting where she is responsible for building and delivering wealth management experiences that help drive better outcomes for clients.
SARRC has introduced a new autism screening program aimed at parents of young children who have concerns with their child’s development. The Easy Access Autism Screening program is a project funded by the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona and is offered to families at no cost.
Logan Noble will turn 3 in November 2020—two years after his family began suspecting that he might be on the autism spectrum.
“He had started making sounds around 10 months of age, but then those sounds disappeared as he got closer to 12 months old,” his mom, Daiane, says. “Also, he never really responded to his name or imitated any of our actions.”
A low score on an autism screening at his pediatrician’s appointment triggered a referral to the Early Intervention program in Nevada, where the family lives.
Currently, there are no approved treatments specifically for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). That’s why we need your help. We are enrolling adolescents and young adults with ASD ages 13 through 35 to participate in a study at SARRC. The purpose of this research is to determine the effectiveness of an investigational medication in improving the most common behavioral symptoms of ASD.
Grandparents—they’re the ones to embrace you in warm bear hugs, sneak you a freshly baked cookie before the big Thanksgiving meal, and at SARRC, they have become our most dependable group of volunteers and autism advocates.
This October marks the 18th anniversary of our Grandparents Support Group. The group started in 2002 as a place for grandparents to come together, learn about autism and how to best help their children and grandchildren on their autism journeys.
Join SARRC this Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 for the Ignite Speaker Series. Sign up for all events or pick your interests! There is no cost to attend.
My sister Zara and I are proud to have advocated for bringing Sibshops to SARRC in 2020. I am currently a freshman in high school, and Zara is in sixth grade. Our younger brother, Euan, is 9 years old and was diagnosed with autism four years ago. As siblings to a brother with autism, Zara and I are constantly finding our place and adjusting to everything that happens to Euan.
School in 2020 looks different for students across the nation. While a new school year is always about change—new teachers, new classrooms, new friends—2020 brings the uncertainty of virtual or in-person learning (or a combination of both), masks, social distancing, handwashing, and more.
Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center is pleased to announce the election of Julie Alpert to its board of directors.
By Mathilde Rispoli
I remember the first time I walked into SARRC, I was in the waiting room, waiting with my leg bouncing up and down. I was nervously thinking about what my first volunteer session as a Peer Mentor in the CommunityWorks program would be like. My only experience with autism was through stories my mom had told me about her time as a teacher in a self-contained classroom.
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SARRC's Sybil B. Harrington Campus for Exceptional Children
300 N 18th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85006 (map)
SARRC's Colonel Harland D. Sanders Center for Autism Studies
2225 N 16th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85006 (map)
SARRC's Vocational & Life Skills Academy
2225 N 16th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85006 (map)
