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| You have spent countless hours on the web, in the | | | | about ASD or Aspergers Syndrome. ASN is the |
| library, support groups, talking to doctors, therapists, | | | | website to go to if you really are in need of someone |
| friends, family, strangers if need be; and yet, for some | | | | to talk with. |
| reason, you haven’t found what you are looking | | | | If honesty and truth is something that you find eluding |
| for. You haven’t found a place or a group that | | | | you for one reason or the other, you will find it at ASN. |
| made you feel like you are being understood. | | | | There are no games to be played; you will have no |
| Sympathized for, empathized with. There just | | | | one telling you how you should feel. You will however |
| hasn’t been anything, anyone, anywhere, able to | | | | have people for the first time that understand, that feel, |
| bring comfort to your life. | | | | that cope, that know you also need a place to go to |
| Autism Support Network may just be what you need. | | | | speak your mind. It doesn’t matter if you are the |
| Although informative, and yes educational, ASN is the | | | | parent of someone with an ASD or you are married |
| place to go if you really want to meet people with the | | | | to someone with Aspergers Syndrome, or if you are |
| same experiences. ASN first has you fill out a short | | | | the one living with an ASD, the Autism Support |
| questionnaire so it can find other’s who have | | | | Network is where you go if you need real support, by |
| experienced or may be experiencing what you are. It | | | | real people. |
| will match you up with other members who match you | | | | It is okay to be frustrated, being confused is part of |
| and your experiences. | | | | the deal, needing someone to talk and not having |
| Mostly affecting more boys than girls, ASD is a | | | | anyone there can be discouraging. With ASN you no |
| neurological disorder that knows no boundaries. Giving | | | | longer have to feel like you are alone. You will find out |
| people a voice, giving people the ability to see it from | | | | that people really do understand. You will learn that you |
| the inside out, ASN’s website has compelling | | | | can help yourself and others to understand what goes |
| stories written from firsthand experiences by people | | | | on when you are affected by an ASN. Whether you |
| who are living with someone who has Austism | | | | are the person living with an ASD, or living with |
| Spectrum Disorder or Aspergers Syndrome. It also | | | | someone who does, ASN is where you will find the |
| has eye opening articles written by people who are | | | | support you need. |
| living with ASD and want the world to know that they | | | | |