| Affiliation with other organizations: |
Member of World Autism Organization; Global Autism Collaborative: Global Communities of Support; partnering with Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; Eugene Research Institute |
| Publications: |
FAST-ARCHway Chapter Curriculum for Autism Adult Lifespan Planning and Community Living (2011); Roadmap for Adults with Autism (2012) CAST International Autism Capacity Assessment Took (2012) |
| Purpose of the organization: |
To improve the lives of individuals with autism through training, education, capacity building, educational and gender inclusion, life skills training, community living skills, an life planning |
| Activities relevant to the conference of States Parties to the convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: |
Currently planning to convene autism stakeholders meeting in Cameroon. Member of CAST providing trainings in Dubai |
| Confirmation of the activities of the organization at the regional, national or international level: |
Currently planning to convene autism stakeholders meeting in Cameroon. Member of CAST providing trainings in Dubai. Completed 1-year parent training pilot in Maryland for 270 parents of teens and adults with autism; provide public presentations; help create public policy through Maryland Autism Commmission; provide 50 free demonstrations of the types and use of augmentative communication devices used by people with autism; run information clearing house and phone center for providing general autism information, nationally and internationally |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: |
1. Karen Kaye-Beall, CEO of Foundation for Autism Support and Training; CEO of Center for Autism Support and Training, MA degree (USA)
2. Allan Cohen, Harvard PhD and Masters, Director of Research, Co-Chair of Board of Directors (USA)
3. Cyndy Hayes, PhD. and MBA in Business, VP of Marketing (USA)
4.Dr. Gwendolyn Johnson, M.D., F.A.A.P., Medical Director of the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program in the Contra Costa County Department of Public Health.(USA)
5.Nancy J. Wilson, M.D., M.P.H., enior Advisor to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and leads the Agency’s work with such national public private alliances as the National Quality Forum, the Hospital Quality Alliance, and the AQA. (USA)
6.Ann E. Gillespie, Senior Consultant at Booz, Allan Hamilton, expert is eldercare and longterm disability care issues.Former professional staff to the US Senate Special Committee on Aging and a national expert on residential care for seniors, she served as Senior Vice President for Shared Learning and Leadership Development at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. Founding Executive Director of the Continuing CARE Accreditation Commission (CCAC (USA)Raoul Fabo, Intensive Individual Support technician for teens and adults with autism (Cameroon) |
| Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: |
Parents of children, teens and adults with autism, so members are high functioning self-advocates on the autism spectrum (about 3000 members signed up, about 250 actively participating members) |
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