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Golf Fore Autism's Comedy Night Fundraiser was a night of fun and laughter as friends gathered to support the cause at the Comedy Cabaret at Casa Carrollo's in Marlton, NJ. 

The fundraiser event raised $745.00 in support of our Autism and Special Needs Classrooms in Evesham Township.  Thank you to everyone who attended the event and for their generous support! 
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Marlton Middle School showed it's support for Autism Awareness by selling and wearing this button on May 22nd. Students and Faculty donated a dollar for each button and raised $137.00 for Golf Fore Autism. Thank you to Marlton Middle School's Parents, Students and Faculty for their generous support!
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Jaggard School donates their Friday Pretzel Sale proceeds to Golf Fore Autism.  Thanks to all the students at Jaggard for their generous support and donating $60.00 from the event.
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Rice School donates their Pretzel Sale proceeds to Golf Fore Autism in support of Autism Awareness month.  Thanks to all the students and faculty at Rice for their generous support and donating $465.00 from the event.
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Jaggard School's 6th Annual Night Out for Autism hosted by Erica Moon and Team Jaggard benefited both Autism Speaks and Golf Fore Autism.  The event was a huge success with dinner, dancing, 50 /50, and a Chinese Basket Auction.  Team Jaggard donated $2,000 to Golf Fore Autism to benefit the autism and special needs classrooms in Evesham Township!
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Marlton Middle School's Students and Faculty donated a total of $190.00 to Golf Fore Autism during their first annual "Hats On for Autism" School Event!
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Students and Faculty donated a dollar to wear a hat of their choice, today April 8th, in support of Autism Awareness month.  Thank you to Marlton Middle School's, Parents, Students and Faculty for their generous support!
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Jaggard School's Students and Faculty donated a total of $108.00 to Golf Fore Autism during their first annual "Hats On for Autism" School Event!
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Students and Faculty donated a dollar to wear a hat of their choice, today April 4th, in support of Autism Awareness month.  Thank you to Jaggard School's, Parents, Students and Faculty for their generous support!
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Rice School's Students and Faculty donated a total of $335.00 to Golf Fore Autism during their first annual "Hats On for Autism" School Event!  
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Students and Faculty donated a dollar to wear a hat of their choice, today April 4th, in support of Autism Awareness month.  Thank you to Rice School's, Parents, Students and Faculty for their generous support!
]]><![CDATA[10 Things Autism Parents Wish You Knew]]>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 03:27:22 GMThttp://www.golfforeautism.org/blog/10-things-autism-parents-wish-you-knew10 Things Autism Parents Wish You KnewTuesday, April 1, 2014 94 Comments Kristi Campbell is a semi-lapsed career woman with about 18 years of marketing experience in a variety of national and global technology companies. While she does work part-time, her passion is writing and drawing stupid-looking pictures for her blog Finding Ninee, focused on finding humor and support for her special needs son. 

The word autism entered my heart as a whisper. It later entered my brain as a possibility. Later still, it entered my life. I think I knew, long before I knew.

I worried, bought a book on autism, devoured it, and then felt like that must not be what my son has. He was nothing like the boy in the book. Nothing.  ”Maybe,” I thought, “he just has a language delay.”

I waited for him to start speaking more. For him to start playing in the way that he was supposed to play. He did play though, unlike the boy in the book, so certainly, his issues were different. Less “severe?”

Never mind that he had an egg-sized bruise on his forehead for six weeks at the age of 18 months from banging his head on the floor. As quickly as that behavior started, it went away. I stopped worrying about it. I mean, it no longer existed. Sure, he ran laps around the house. But only when he was tired. Don’t all kids do that? Don’t they all twirl their hair, around and around and around, while drinking a bottle? 

I’ve mentioned before that parents and friends assured us that Tucker would catch up, and that his delays were likely due to me being at home with him as a baby.

They were wrong.

I was wrong.

I remember one day, when I looked at my son and with a fearful, time-stopping heart, I wondered whether he was deaf. He wasn’t responding to me that day. Then, I gave him a little at-home test, and he responded. I let myself believe that everything was fine. What did I know? I had no other child in the house to compare him to. He loves to snuggle, and, from what I’d read, autistic children do not. He looks at me in the eyes. Deeply. With meaning and intent. I’d already learned from Dr. Google that children with autism don’t make eye contact…

Here. Four years later. Does Tucker look like anything other than a little boy having fun in the snow?

Autism doesn't look like anything but the way it looks. It doesn't look like Rain Man. It doesn't always include hand-flapping, rocking, or issues with language. Sometimes, it does. But, sometimes, it doesn't.

Last night, I reached out to my IRL PAC tribe.

I asked them what they wish the world knew about autism and special needs, and have put the below list together based on their feedback.

10 Things Special Needs and Autism Parents Wish You Knew:  
  1. People don’t need to feel awkward when they’re around my son. Yeah, they may need to treat him a little differently, but I wish they wouldn’t be weirded out.
  2. Not all autism is the same.
  3. People seem to think that because my son isn’t like the one single other person they know on the spectrum, that he must not be autistic.
  4. These kids love. They need love. They are wonderful and bring enormous joy and laughter to those who love them.
  5. Knowing one child with autism doesn’t mean anything really – they’re all so different. Please don’t tell me my son doesn’t have it because he looks so different from the other kid you know on the spectrum.
  6. Kids with special needs are smart. Talented. Creative, and thoughtful. It may not be obvious all the time – their minds work differently.
  7. If my daughter is making strange noises, feel free to look. She’s just making them because she’s excited. Please don’t stand there and gape at us with your mouth hanging open.
  8. If you see my son in a grocery store, he may be head nuzzling, chewing on the corner of his shirt, or spinning. He’s anxious. I will not scold him, so please do not look at me as if I should. He can’t help how his body receives stimuli. He is trying to cope with the way his body is affected by his surroundings.
  9. From onlookers who think I am not addressing my child’s odd behaviors: I ask for a little empathy. Don’t judge. Try to understand that his environment strongly affects him.
  10. Please accept our kids the way that you assume we will accept yours.
I think I’m speaking for all of us when I say that what we really want you to know, what we’re screaming out loud, is that we, as mothers, are both terrified and brave.

Just like you.

That while our children may act differently from what you’re familiar with, they are our normals. That they’re full of emotion, fierce love, tender hearts, and hope.

Hope.

Our special needs kids are here, on purpose, and OutLoud.

Even when they’re silent.

Learn how the world will Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness on April 2

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How To Light It Up Blue

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When:  April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day - {Autism Awareness Month is all April long}

Why: Each April 2nd, Golf Fore Autism celebrates Light It Up Blue, along with the international autism community, in commemoration of the United Nations-sanctioned World Autism Awareness Day. Light It Up Blue is a unique global initiative that kicks-off Autism Awareness Month and helps raise awareness about autism. In honor of this historic day, many iconic landmarks, hotels, sporting venues, concert halls, museums, bridges and retail stores are among the hundreds of thousands of homes and communities that take part to Light It Up Blue.

Where:
  • Homes & Neighborhoods
  • Stores, Malls, Shopping Centers
  • Restaurants
  • Hotels
  • Places of Worship
  • Schools
  • Colleges & Universities
  • Buildings & Landmarks
  • Public Structures
  • Cultural Institutions
  • Recreational Facilities
  • Sports Arenas
  • Businesses
  • Media Outlets – TV, Radio & Online
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