[pollywog]

That's what churches and charities are for. You ARE a member of a church aren't you? If so, ask and ye shall receive

sadly FreedomCalls, the needs of autism often require help from trained individuals that are able to work with special needs. I would love to see the church rally to this need, and I do agree that we need to see more of it in local congregations, but even at that, the needs of the disabled should be at least one of the services to be maintained and not cut.

[GeronL]

Is your organization involved in trying to convince the Governor that its the bureaucrats who should be cut and not the service? They should cut the number of Directors and Vice Assistant Directors and Assistants to the Directors. They should end their bonuses, all government employee's should face the end of bonuses in lean times.

[FreedomCalls]

How did autistic people get along BEFORE the government teat was there for everyone to suck on? Since humans have walked on this earth there have been people with autism -- the government only started mucking around with this since the 1960s.

[Sandy]

the needs of autism often require help from trained individuals that are able to work with special needs.

It's been 25 years. Why haven't you become a trained individual after all this time? Shame on you.