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National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio Chapter
WELCOME
NORTHEAST OHIO CHAPTER
Every twenty minutes today there is a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the United States. Autism is not an uncommon developmental problem anymore as it affects 1 in 150 children in the US. Autism is a bio-neurological developmental disorder that may severely impair a young child’s communication, behavior, sensory processing, cognition, socialization, sleep, digestion, and immune function.
Who We Are
While the quest to find the cause of autism continues, thousands of families in Northeast Ohio struggle daily with the enormous stress and expenses that caring for a child with autism poses on them. The overall lack of financial supports prompted some of these families and autism advocates to establish a non-profit support organization, the National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio (NAA-NEO) Chapter, with the goal to provide sorely needed monies to help with medical treatment costs, therapies and respite services.
The founding members of this organization chose to form an alliance with National Autism Association (NAA) due to NAA’s successful tract record in a short period of time in implementing its Helping Hand Program and advocating more autism research on a national basis. The Helping Hand Program provides direct financial assistance to parents to help defray the costs of autism treatment through grants. This goal is very consistent to the goal of the parents who formed NAA – NE Ohio.
Our Mission
The mission of NAA-NEO is to help families that have a child or children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to access necessary treatment interventions. We will fulfill this by providing financial assistance to help defray the costs of such interventions and by connecting families to existing resources.
NAA- Northeast Ohio is unique in that it does not endorse individual programs, therapies, treatments, schools or facilities, or the theories or practices of any one individual or entity. Rather, families are empowered to seek and choose the most appropriate program for their child with the help of the resources provided by the NAA- NE Ohio.
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