{"id":922,"date":"2016-06-22T10:02:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T17:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autismla.us\/1\/?p=922"},"modified":"2016-08-01T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T19:20:12","slug":"asla-newsletter-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autismla.org\/1\/asla-newsletter-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"ASLA Newsletter &#8211; April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table class=\"OneColumnMobile\" width=\"143\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" data-padding-converted=\"true\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/ecc02877001\/180e52ac-1005-44ab-b944-bab5faf011b5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"136\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.828\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>The Aut<\/strong><strong>ism Soci<\/strong><strong>ety of Los Angel<\/strong><strong>es\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>proudly celebrates Autism Acceptance month\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>and\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>announces a series of events and initiatives in April 2016.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Our most exciting new initiative needs your help to make it a reality.\u00a0 Help by VOTING for\u00a0<b>Project AutTrain: Health Care Access for Adults with Autism<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/uclahealth.ideascale.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">VOTE HERE<\/a>\u00a0(details attached below).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<table class=\"OneColumnMobile\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" data-padding-converted=\"true\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/ecc02877001\/3be67d6a-57c0-4b3a-877a-1ad02437bec6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.827\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Our signature Autism Acceptance event will occur to wrap the month up, on\u00a0<b>April 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a02016<\/b>.\u00a0 Save the date for the\u00a0<b>&#8220;Celebration of Autism Acceptance and Empowerment &#8211; Featuring the ASLA Reimagine Autism Awards&#8221;<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Upcoming events for April and May&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, April 9, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Chili Cook Off family-friendly fundraiser for ASLA in Torrance, CA (see flyer)<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, April 13 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>ASLA Summer Expo &#8211; showcasing camps in our community (see flyer)<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, April 23, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Autism Night at LA Galaxy benefiting ASLA (see flyer)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday April 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Art Show and Raffle benefiting ASLA, sponsored by treehaus (Month long &#8211; see flyer)<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday April 30, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Celebration of Autism Acceptance and Empowerment &#8211; Featuring the ASLA Reimagine Autism Awards<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday May 15, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00a0Save the Date: Conservatorship? Supported Decision- Making? Know your Rights!.\u00a0 Find out \u00a0what you need to know for adults with Developmental Disabilities.\u00a0 Come join the dialogue with \u00a0professionals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Our next major ASLA event is camp&#8230; We are proud to introduce ASLA&#8217;s &#8220;Camp NAVIN&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<i>Navigating Independence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>This is a residential camp for young adults with developmental disabilities to encourage independence and friendship building. Join us this summer!\u00a0<strong>Sunday August 14 through Friday August 19, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0if you are 18 &#8211; 30 years of age.\u00a0 (See attached flyer)<\/div>\n<div><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div><b><i>Community coming together&#8230;<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div>ASLA&#8217;s speaker series in March included a wonderful conversation with\u00a0Debbie Ball from Easter Seals titled &#8220;Opening Doors Through Employment&#8221; &#8211; we loved the &#8220;out of the box&#8221; thinking and hope for our young adults.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>If you use Facebook, please be sure to &#8220;LIKE&#8221; us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AutismLA\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">AutismLA<\/a>\u00a0to see our initiatives in the community.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>See you soon!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Kim Sinclair<\/div>\n<div>Executive Director<\/div>\n<div>Autism Society of Los Angeles<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/Thank you to the sponsors, speakers, attendees, exhibitors, and volunteers for making the ASLA 2016 Conference &quot;It's a New Day, It's a New Life: Preparing for Dramatic Changes in the Developmental Disabilities System&quot; a resounding success.    In the words of Conference Director Judy Mark, &quot;We have received overwhelmingly positive responses from attendees including, &quot;This conference changed my life&quot;, &quot;My mind is blown&quot;, and &quot;It was so powerful&quot;. Individuals who attended the conference have renewed energy to improve the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities, and our entire system through self-determination, inclusion, and person-centered planning.&quot;   Our next major ASLA event is camp... We are proud to introduce ASLA's &quot;Camp NAVIN&quot; - Navigating Independence.  This is a residential camp for young adults with developmental disabilities to encourage independence and friendship building. Join us this summer! Sunday August 14 through Friday August 19, 2016 if you are 18 - 30 years of age.  (see attached flyer)   Community coming together...   This month we expanded our education efforts to the LAPD Detention Centers and will continue the partnership with our officers.    We also had an awareness day at California State University Long Beach to educate the students, thank you to Kappa Psi Epsilon!   On February 11, we partnered with UCLA to present an evening with John Donvan and Caren Zucker &quot;in a Different Key: The Story of Autism&quot; - The community response to this event was very positive.   Our Up-coming Events (see attached flyers), look forward to meeting everyone... Sunday, March 6 2016 Sky Zone Trampoline Jumping. Wednesday, March 11 2016 ASLA Speaker Series &quot;Opening Doors Through Employment&quot; - This not to be missed event presented by Debbie Ball from Easter Seals. Wednesday, April 13 2016 Call for exhibitors for ASLA Summer Expo, please RSVP below.         If you use Facebook, please be sure to &quot;LIKE&quot; us at AutismLA to see our initiatives in the community.    See you soon!  Kim Sinclair Executive Director Autism Society of Los Angeles\" target=\"_blank\">April Newsletter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Autism Society of Los Angeles\u00a0 proudly celebrates Autism Acceptance month\u00a0 and\u00a0 announces a series of events and initiatives in April 2016. Our most exciting new initiative needs your help to make it a reality.\u00a0 Help by VOTING for\u00a0Project AutTrain: Health Care Access for Adults with Autism\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0VOTE HERE\u00a0(details attached below). 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