ASA looking for articles........

[Guest guest]

Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:21:38 -0500

Director of Communications, ASA national office

Subject: Request for Advocate articles

Hello. We are developing content for the Advocate and are looking for your

help to secure the most knowledgeable individuals on a variety of topics who

are willing and able to write for an audience of primarily parents. Below is

a list of topics that we're considering covering. If you know of an

individual who is well-versed on the topic and have contact information for

that person (or center), please contact me directly at

rwisniewski@.... (Note: If you send an email with a

suggestion, please be sure to put the words " Advocate article " (or something

like that) in the subject line.

We're interested in securing articles on the following topics:

1 - Autism, Taxes and You. Tax tips for families with children with autism

spectrum disorders.

2 - SSI, SSDI, and DD Waivers: What you should know about these and other

governmental (Federal and State) support programs.

3 - State of the Art Resources: Tips to tapping into support agencies and

resources in your state.

4 - Schools of Thought on Educating Kids with Autism. Topics might include:

inclusion; extended school year; the IEP; etc.

5 - Autism and the Law. Topics might include: an overview of IDEA;

legislation of importance to the autism community (??); the rights of

children/adults with autism; etc.

6 - Law Enforcement Training. Something about programs designed to train

emergency service personnel (police, medical personnel, etc.) ; update on

what states are doing to mandate training of law enforcement and emergency

service personnel; efforts at the federal level???

7 - Autism Through the Lifespan. Series of articles overviewing what to

expect as your child grows up, broken down into key categories - toddlerhood,

childhood, adolescence, adulthood??? - with resource list of

agencies/resources to turn to as your child progresses into adulthood.

8 - Autism and Your Insurance Company. May be too difficult a topic to

address in one article given the changing laws, the variances from state to

state, the variances from company to company, etc..

9 - Autism Research - Who's Doing What. An overview of federally-funded

autism programs/centers run by NIH, CDC (others?).

This is by no means an exhaustive list. If you have other suggestions for

article topics and can point me to an individual who could write on the

topic, definitely let me know. Please be sure to be as specific as possible

with your suggestions.

Also, if you are aware of a recent article on one of the topics listed above

or an article that would be of interest to a national audience that can be

reprinted for free and without too much hassle, please feel free to forward

to me.

Thank you, in advance, for your help!