Support for People with Autism
Welcome to the tour of our web site.
In this tour, we have listed the pages in this site that may be of interest to people on the autism spectrum, along with a brief description of each page.
About Autism
In this site’s About Autism section, you can learn more about autism spectrum disorders, from diagnosis through adulthood.
- About Autism: Information about autism, including some common signs and symptoms of the condition.
- Autism Diagnosis: Information about how an autism diagnosis is made.
- Signs & Symptoms of Autism: A list of common indicators of ASD, with an explanation of their cause.
- Characteristics of Autism: A list of common autism characteristics.
- Autism Help: A description of academic and government programs that help people on the autism spectrum.
- Treatment Goals for Autism: A list of common interventions used to treat autism.
- Autism Related Disorders: A list of conditions that may accompany autism spectrum disorders.
- Autism and Adults: A description of how adults with autism can overcome some of the challenges that they commonly face.
- Glossary of Terms: A glossary of common autism-related terms.
Autism Spectrum Support Groups
ABOARD’s Autism Connection of PA offers several support groups for teens and adults on the autism spectrum in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan area. If there is not a support group in your area and you would like to start one, please see our Support Group Guidelines.
- Support Groups: A description of our support groups.
- Autism Support Groups in PA: A database of of our support groups across the state of Pennsylvania.
Autism Resources
We also provide information about the resources available to people with autism in Pennsylvania.
- Autism Resources: We have put our directory of autism resources online for your use.
- Autism Lending Library: Our library, containing books and other media about autism.
- Lending Library Information: Information about our library, including a book request form. You can request up to four books per month. We will ship books for free to anywhere in Pennsylvania.
- Autism Tool Kit: Resources to help children, teens, and adults with autism interact successfully at home, in school, and in the workplace.
- Medical Assistance for Autism: Information on how people with autism can receive Medical Assistance.
- Health Insurance Coverage For Autism: Information about health insurance coverage for people with autism.
- Autism Research Studies: Paying studies that aid in autism research.
- Autism Student Checklists: Booklets that help teachers understand the needs of students with autism.
- Autism Wraparound Directory: A list of respite services in Pennsylvania available to people with autism from ages 3 to 21.
Autism Events
We offer many autism-related events each year, such as fun activities for the autism community, autism conferences, and autism fundraisers.
- Events: A listing of all of our upcoming events.
- Autism Community Events: Events for people with autism and their families.
- Autism Conferences: Educational conferences about autism.
- Autism Fundraisers: Events that help us raise money for the autism community.
Contribute to ABOARD’s Autism Connection of PA
Here are six easy ways that you can help us help people with autism across Pennsylvania.
- Donate: A page where you can make donations through PayPal, Purchase, or GoodSearch.
- How Your Donation Helps: A description of how we use the contributions we receive.
- Show Your Support: Ways to use writing to help us support the autism community.
- Donate a Book: Ways to contribute books to our library.
- Volunteer: Ways to contribute your time to help us help the autism community.
- Shopping: Products you can buy that support our organization.
About Us
Information about ABOARD’s Autism Connection of PA and the people who run it.
- About Us: The history of our organization.
- Our Staff: A listing of our staff members.
- Our Board of Directors: A listing of our board of directors.
- Our Professional Advisory Council: Professionals who provide our organization with advice and guidance.
- Our Partners: Companies and Organizations that support our organization.
Contact Us
How to contact us and subscribe to our weekly E-Blast and quarterly Newsletter. Past issues of our publications are also available to download on this web site.
- Contact Us: How to reach us by phone, email, or contact us through this web site.
- Email Subscription: A contact form that lets you join our weekly E-Blast and our quarterly Newsletter.
- Newsletter Archive: An archive of our quarterly Newsletters going back to 2008.
- E-Blast Archive: An archive of our weekly E-Blasts from January 2011 onwards. Earlier E-Blasts are available on request.
Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community
Highmark Walk for a Healthy CommunitySaturday, May 18th
Stage AE on the North Shore
REGISTER AS A WALKER OR DONATE HERE
Autism Friendly Performance of Disney's The Lion King
Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to partner with Disney Theatrical Productions for this very special performance of Disney’s The Lion King. This presentation will be a sensory-friendly performance that allows families with members on the Autism spectrum to experience a regular Broadway production with several alterations that meet the needs of the audience. Pittsburgh will be the third city to offer this type of program, and The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust remains committed to making theater and the arts accessible to all audiences.The ticket purchasing process is as follows:- a brief questionnaire will need to be completed
- choose the ticket price you would like to order
- you will then receive a phone call from The Benedum Center asking for seat selections, based on your family’s needs
Three Rivers Rowing Event
June 8, 2013, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
From Enjoy a day learning about the Adaptive Paddle Program at Three Rivers Rowing Association — tour the facility, explore the equipment, try the practice tanks and sit in a dragon boat in the water. Children ages 12 and older are encouraged to participate, along with their families and support staff.
Amusement Park Tickets
SINCE THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS, PLEASE CALL
AUTISM CONNECTION OF PA’S OFFICE AT 412-449-0165 FOR ORDERS. THANK YOU
IDLEWILD — $20.00 — tickets valid WEEKDAYS only, May 27th, June 7th-August 8th and September 2nd
SANDCASTLE — $15.00 — tickets valid any day
KENNYWOOD — $23.00 — tickets valid any day in May, June and September. Valid WEEKDAYS in July and August.
Providing Autism Support in Pennsylvania
412-781-4116 800-827-9385 support@AutismOfPA.org