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by Kristina K.
at High
Road School
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ORGANIZATIONS The
organizations listed
below provide services directly to individuals in the autism community.
ArtPRIDE New Jersey
Autism Link NJ
Center for Living
Enhancement Inc.
Community Foundation of NJ
Disability News & Views
Radio Show
DOORS
Handicapped Scuba
Association
KindTree Productions / Autism Rocks
NAMI
HIGHLIGHTED ORGANIZATION
http://www.arugallery.org
In November 2006 Arc
Resources Unlimited (ARU), a program of The Arc of Monmouth, and VSA arts
of New Jersey collaborated on a new art gallery at the Freehold Raceway
Mall, featuring work by artists with disabilities. The gallery offers
exhibits, receptions with the artists, workshops, and open house
gatherings. The gallery also retails sale of artwork at this major
shopping destination in the heart of Monmouth County. In ARU's quest to
promote the skills, talents, and dreams of people with disabilities, the
collaboration with VSA arts of New Jersey was a natural progression.
DIRECTIONS
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ArtPRIDE New Jersey - a coalition of
organizations and individuals, advocates at local, state and national
levels for funding, support and recognition of the arts as vital to New
Jersey's quality of life, education, and economic vitality.
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Autism Link / NJ - We believe that an
autism organization should actually do something for its members. We
provide all kinds of events and assistance free of charge to our
membership -- including social outings, conferences, teacher trainings,
advocacy assistance, etc. We do all of this not because we're paid to do
it, but because we want to.
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Center For
Learning Enhancement, Inc -
The Center provides a
unique holistic, developmental approach to learning. Through learning
therapy and cognitive skill training children and adults are prepared to
learn in school and function effectively in life through programs as
Bridges Learning System and PACE. Once the cognitive, perceptual and
sensory integration skills critical to learning are developed, remedial
instruction is provides using scientifically proven programs to eliminate
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Community
Foundation of New Jersey is a $158 million
philanthropic organization
that enables donors to provide on-going funding for charitable
organizations across New Jersey and the country. We also work to provide
and develop local leadership that results in responsive philanthropy for
the communities in which we live and work. We are a philanthropic engine
dedicated to the betterment of the communities of New Jersey.
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Disability
News & Views Radio Show - To be a
voice that will build
and maintain a leadership position in the media for people with
disabilities as we promote awareness, educate and inspire. To build
bridges between people with disabilities and people without, as well as
entertain and break down the mental and physical barriers and to realize
the unique gifts and talents each human being has.
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DOORS -
Douglass Organization for Occupational and Related Educational Services,
Inc. ("DOORS") is a parent-run organization which provides funding for
various social, educational, and recreational services for students of
Douglass
Developmental Disabilities Center ("DDDC"), located on the Douglass
College campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. These
programs are essential to the total growth of an individual with autism.
Traditionally, however, these kinds of programs don't often receive
funding from state or local agencies, so DOORS was founded to fill the
funding gap. With expert advice from professionals in and outside
the field of autism, DOORS helps fund programming for over 100 individuals
attending the
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Handicapped
Scuba Association International -
HSA
International Training Center of NJ is a scuba school dedicating itself to
improving the physical and social well being of people with disabilities
through the sport of scuba diving. Disabled diving provides an excellent
form of physical therapy enabling children and adults to participate in a
water sport locally or while on vacation travel. Many of us know someone,
a friend or family member, we'd like to involve in scuba diving. Or, we'd
welcome the challenge of learning about disabilities, accessibility issues
and how to dive with people who have disabilities. The HSA "Dive Buddy
Program" offers able-bodied divers this opportunity to expand their
underwater world to include sharing it with a handicapped partner, with
training focused on recreation.
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KindTree Productions /
Autism Rocks - Here you can find local autism
resources, exclusive autism information and links, our KindTree
newsletter, our celebratory "Autism Rocks" T-shirts and other products,
reviews of books on autism, creations by autistic artists, autistic events
we produce (including our unique Summer Autism Retreat and our Spring
Autism Forum), and more. "Together
we can make this work for all of us."
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NAMI New Jersey,
the NJ affiliate of the National Alliance on
Mental Illness (NAMI), is a statewide non-profit organization
dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families who are
affected by mental illness. NAMI NEW JERSEY provides education, support
and systems advocacy to empower families and persons with mental illness.
Affiliate self-help and grassroots advocacy groups located in each county
offer emotional support, information and advice about treatment and
community resources. We actively outreach to diverse communities and
cultures with successful programs serving people of all age groups and of
different ethnic backgrounds (African American, Hispanic/Latino, South
Asian and Chinese populations).
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