WAMUStory--Challenges of Going Out with Autistic Kids

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JSSA offers the folowoing notice of a recent autism-related story in local media. We encourage you to share it with the families and professionals you know and work with.

Mollie Katz
JSSA Marketing Department
200 Wood Hill Road, Rockville
301-610-8311
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For the best in child, family and aging services…Think JSSA.

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Local Radio Story Captures Challenges of

Going out in Public with Children on Autism Spectrum

JSSA Social Worker Quoted About Pressure on Parents, Families[/b]

A story on raising children with autism spectrum disorders aired on WAMU 88.5 FM on Monday, April 20. The story, placed by JSSA, the Jewish Social Service Agency, included comments from Jamell White, JSSA’s Director of Special Needs and Deaf Services, explaining the social pressure on parents whose children with autism have strong reactions while in public places. The placement was part of our efforts for Autism Awareness Month.

You can listen to the story now on the home page of the JSSA website, www.jssa.org


JSSA offers a wide array of services and programs addressing autism across the life span. These include:

· Formulating and carrying out care plans

· Coordinating care from multiple providers

· Social skills group therapy and summer day camps

· A social club for adults with Asperger’s and related disorders

· Couples counseling for those raising special needs children

· Collaborative divorce coaching for families seeking non-adversarial, out-of-court divorces that respect children’s needs.



Visit www.jssa.org for a full list of our offerings.

[b]About JSSA

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JSSA has been helping people across the Washington metropolitan area meet emotional, social, and physical challenges for more than 100 years. A nonsectarian provider, we serve people of all religious backgrounds, races and ethnicities, helping the youngest child to the most fragile senior, from individuals to entire families. Our wide range of counseling, educational, in-home support, hospice and nursing care and social services assist over 22,000 people per year.



Rockville (Fallsgrove), 301.838.4200 • Rockville (Montrose Road), 301.881.3700 • Fairfax, 703.204.9100 • www.jssa.org
Jewish Social Service Agency