Dear Community Member,
It has been a month since we shifted our services to virtual platforms, and we hope that you are staying safe and healthy.
We are extremely fortunate that we have been able to retain all of our staff and can continue to offer the quality support, training, and education you expect from AANE.
Some of the steps we have taken to respond to current needs within the community include:
- reducing (and in most cases eliminating) registration fees for support groups;
- creating new social events like Virtual Movie Night and Virtual Game Night (both free of charge);
- offering our signature Asperger's/Autism 101 Workshop for free;
- providing cash grants to adults and families in crisis (for more info, email suzanne.tompkins@aane.org)
- hosting new, interactive online sessions free of charge, such as "Ask the Expert", plus group chats for adults on the spectrum and parents of children, teens, and adults
Typically, we rely on our programs to generate a portion of the revenue that keeps our doors open and our organization up and running.
However, we feel that reducing barriers of cost is the right thing to do at the present time.
If cost has been a barrier for you, we hope this will enable you to access our services during this difficult time of uncertainty and isolation.
While we do not know what the future holds, we can be certain that the need for our services will not diminish.
As always, we encourage you to visit
www.aane.org
for the latest updates. Thank you for supporting AANE!
Sincerely,
