Learn about new Michigan Autism Benefits

The Autism Alliance of Michigan is offering a couple of free webinars on September 18 to inform parents about the changes coming in October to Michigan's insurance law and how autism treatments will be covered.  The workshop will be offered at noon and again at 7:00.  You can register and learn more about it here:  http://aaomparentworkshops.eventbrite.com/.

August notes

Sorry the blog has been a bit quiet this summer.  Our family was gone for almost three weeks in July and well, it's been nice out!  Hope all is well with you.

Anyone looking to find a little more fun for summer can peruse the offerings in the summer SPAR Update newsletter. 

For anyone interested, there will be a SEPAC (Special Education Parents Advisory Committee) meeting tomorrow night at 7:00 at MARESA (E. Ohio Street in Marquette).  These meetings are for any parent with a child receiving special education services in the Marquette-Alger school district.  I find the meetings friendly and informative.  Anyone interested in becoming an official member of this group can be reimbursed for travel and child care costs. 

At tomorrow's SEPAC meeting, I'll be introducing a program that Sarah Peura from SAIL and I have been working on bringing to Marquette called Next Chapter Book Clubs.  This would be a joint Peter White Public Library and SAIL program for adults and teens.  In order for it succeed, we will need a core of participants and volunteer facilitators.  Contact me if you know someone who'd be good in either role. 

If you're a teen on the spectrum or the parent of a teen on spectrum, I recently came accross a website called Autism After 16 that looks like it is full of excellent relavent information.  Check it out:  http://www.autismafter16.com/.