Noticias de ACN

•  January 4, 2010 - Autism Community Network Announces Pilot Program to Serve Displaced Children.
Autism Community Network (ACN) Executive Director Jessica H. Franco, PhD, has announced that ACN will begin operating a classroom-based day program to provide children ages 3 – 8 intensive behavioral therapy 25 hours each week. ACN board and staff developed this program in order to provide crucial, long-term services to the children who were displaced after Treehouse Pediatrics suddenly ceased operations in mid-December. READ MORE.

• December 17, 2009 - Autism Community Network Steps in to Serve Children Affected by Closure.
December 17, 2009. Today, the board of directors of the Autism Community Network (ACN) approved a plan to provide services to the children affected by the closure of one of San Antonio’s autism service providers, Treehouse Pediatrics Center. ACN has been working with other area providers to develop plans to accommodate children who had been enrolled in former day program as well as individual therapy. ACN will begin operating a new day program for children with autism in early 2010, authorized by the board as a pilot program. READ MORE.   

• November Newsletter Download PDF ACN Part of Texas Autism Summit's "Act Early" Initiative. 
During any given legislative session, the Texas Legislature considers several bills that could affect the lives of individuals with autism and those who care for them. For example, Texas recently passed a bill that requires medical coverage for behavioral therapy for young children with autism. Texas is also in the process of developing a state-funded autism information center. These major successes are due largely to the hard work of the Texas Council on Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders. This council was developed to advise and make recommendations to the state legislature to ensure that the needs of individuals with autism and their families are addressed. The council is composed of family members of persons with autism and representatives from various state agencies involved with autism services. Several committees were formed to support the Council in developing the recommendations that will impact the state. Autism Community Network was invited to be a part of the “Texas Autism Summit’s Act Early Committee”(see pdf for whole story, and the entire newsletter).