CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ grants help families with autism

Posted by Beth Finke on April 30th, 2008

The Easter Seals 2008 Training Conference Awards Banquet was Monday night, and man, I’m still stuffed.

Still happy, too. Here’s why: In addition to the well-deserved awards Easter Seals gave out to individuals at the dinner Monday night, CVS Caremark Charitable Trust awarded $350,000 in grants to different Easter Seals autism programs across the country. This means the Trust …Read More » »

Governor awarded for autism advocacy

Posted by Bob Glowacki on March 26th, 2008

Well, we had plenty of excitement yesterday with a visit from Jim Doyle — he’s the governor of Wisconsin. He came to our adult day services center in Wauwatosa to receive the National Easter Seals Outstanding Advocate of the Year award. Governor Doyle received the award for his work towards improving access to services and his support in …Read More » »

Help us reach 200 people on Facebook by tomorrow!

Posted by Beth Finke on January 29th, 2008

The clock is ticking …

We’re trying to get at least 200 people to join our “Shine a light on autism” Cause on Facebook and make a $10 donation before 2:00 p.m. Central time tomorrow, January 30th.

Do you have a Facebook account? If not, sign up! If so, join Easter Seals “Shine a light on autism” Facebook Cause.
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Business gets hip to expansion of SCHIP

Posted by Beth Finke on September 25th, 2007

Those of us who have children with autism or other disabilities have an ongoing concern about the cost of health care and the availability of health insurance. Apparently, we aren’t the only ones.

Last week, an American Public Media radio show called Marketplace aired a story about the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) that surprised …Read More » »

Media and myths

Posted by Ellen Harrington-Kane on June 27th, 2007

Recently I saw this article on the ABC News Web site titled “Media Coverage May Perpetuate Autism Myths.” Most of the article is related to the continuing discussions over the role of vaccinations in the cause of autism.

Although the article briefly draws attention to the benefits of treatment, they’re not yet making that …Read More » »