Anne Arundel County (of Maryland) Asperger Parent's Support

Welcome. We are the Anne Arundel County Asperger Support Group, in Maryland U.S.A.

Our group is dedicated to the advocacy and developmental needs of children who have been
diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome.

We meet monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7-9pm (during the school year and excluding December).
We meet at St. Martin in the Field Church, located at 375 Benfield Blvd in Severna Park, Maryland
click here to Get Directions!

Our meetings are open to the public, free of charge, registration free, and, best of all, we welcome everyone who has an interest in Aspergers Syndrome to attend. Our next meeting is on September 16, 2009.

Calendar in brief

Our upcoming meetings and other events.

September 16, 2009

For more details, click here for the Calendar notes page.

Special Notes:
Research opportunity for children with Autism/Aspergers. Would you like to be involved in autism research at Children's National Medical Center in Rockville, MD? Children and adults with autism are invited to participate in severalcurrent research studies about autism and brain functions. What will the studies involve? These studies will involve completing tasks using a computer or pen and paper that test memory, attention, and problem solving. Some studies also involve a brain imaging component with an MRI machine. For these tasks, participants click buttons in response to pictures, words, or letters, or watch TV while lying inside the MRI. The total time commitment will be from 3-8 hours and occur in one or more sessions. MRI sessions are scheduled separately from the paper& pencil and computer testing sessions. Time and travel expenses will be reimbursed for completing memory, attention, and problem solving tasks. Participants who complete MRI sutides also receive the images of their brains as well. For more information, please call the Autism Research Team at (301) 765-5425 or email autism@cnmc.org
Check out The Gaming Club Too. NEW DATE and TIME. Group discussions, facilitated friendships and community involvement, organizational support …and game time too!. Thursday evenings in Severna Park. See the updated flyer for more information.	Dr. Maximilian Riesenhuber at Georgetown University is conducting an autism-related study and is seeking adults on the spectrum who are interested in participating in behavioral and fMRI neuroimaging experiments at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. A description of the study is here.
Be A Part of Brain Research! - Kennedy Krieger Dr. Stewart H. Mostofsky and Dr. Melissa Goldberg of the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are recruiting children with high-functioning autism between 8 and 12 years of age to participate in a study of attention, learning, memory, and motor skills. The study involves paper and pencil tasks, computer activities and an MRI of the brain. None of the tests are harmful or painful and are done free of charge. The duration of the study is two to three sessions conducted on separate days. Participants will receive a $50 check and a picture of their brain. Parents will receive a report summarizing the IQ testing administered to their child. All testing is done free of charge. For more information about this valuable study, please contact Megan Roeder at (443) 923-9254.
Brendan Sail Training Program - a sail training program for youths with Learning Differences. There are multiple 2-week learn-to-sail summer programs for youths ages 11 through 14. For information on dates, times, locations and costs, please call 202.638.2788 or visit www.brendansailing.com.	The Unicorn Center - Therapeutic horseback riding program in Upper Marlboro. They specialize in emotional, learning and behavioral disabilities. Their center is open 7 days a week, 8 am to 7 pm, and enrollment is constant; participants can join the program at anytime. Contact Nicole Kurtz at 240-417-0981 or email her via their website: www.unicorncenter.org
How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading - New York Times Dec 2004 By AMY HARMON Jack Thomas, a 10th grader at a school for autistic teenagers and an expert on the nation's roadways, tore himself away from his satellite map one recent recess period to critique a television program about the search for a cure for autism. " We don't have a disease," said Jack, echoing the opinion of the other 15 boys at the experimental Aspie school here in the Catskills. "So we can't be 'cured.' This is just the way we are."..... read the article: click here

Parent Resources

Click here to see the contact information for the people volunteering as Parent Resources.

Useful Links

Our links page lists useful links to other organizations and groups that focus on Asperger Syndrome and Autism.

Local Resources

Still under construction, this page will contain links to local providers of services to those who have AS. Click here

If you would like to attend our group, have any questions, or would like to recommend a guest speaker, please feel free to contact us (Scott Bialousz, Sue Hayward or Sandy D'Erasmo) by clicking here.
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