Currently we are able to provide the following services:

Chat Room Support

ADL Center’s Instant Chat Support Group Meetings, every Tuesday evening @ 9pm-
http://myadlcenter.org/chatroom.html

ADL Center Social Group

Meets the 4th Saturday of every month at Thunderbird Lanes
12 noon-2pm
This social group is for all ages and includes siblings
Annual registration of $25 per child/ $50 for families with 2 or more people
All registered social group members receive an ADL t-shirt

Twice a month Resource/Support Group Meetings

ADL Center will host these meetings the second and fourth Wednesday of each month
Meetings are held at the Horsham Township Community Center
Start date-July 9, 2008
7pm-9pm
Light refreshments and snacks
 
 
   

December through Early June 2008

The Start 2008 was a very busy and very productive time. We reached out to surrounding agencies to continue to expand our collaborations with service providers.

ADL Center’s vision is to provide an all encompassing center for all the activities for daily living:

  Clinical
Therapeutic
Educational
Social
Vocational
Transitional Services		  

In keeping with this vision, we have made some exciting collaborations and have started some fabulous low cost and free programs.

Our newest collaborations include:

  Easter Seals of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Thorncroft Equestrian Therapy Center
Michelle Rupp – veterinarian, parent
Angela Bissecker- advocate, parent
Gerry Nelms-Professional Educational Advocate-

YourCauseCards-

Kim Leslie- www.wagsrescue.com		  

Interviews

We have been featured on Comcast Newmakers once again to spread the word about ADL

We have been interviewed on BlogTalkRadio.com-

Highlighted on Abington News and Views – www.Abingtonnewsandviews.com

Zilan Munas

Zilan Munas, documentary film producer and director of Temple University is our newest collaboration.
Mrs. Munas has asked ADL to assist her with a documentary on Autism and the challenges families and individuals face.She has enlisted our help to find families and individuals willing to be filmed and to document the efforts we go to for services.Mrs. Munas is excited to document ADL’s journey toward opening our doors and providing services.


ADL Center/Mark Leland Benefit Festival and Concert

Country music star Mark Leland, a huge advocate of Autism, has agreed to do a benefit concert for ADL Center.Funds from this Benefit will go toward the lease of a future home in Montgomery County.
I will update this page with more information and the date as soon as it is confirmed.

  
 
   

We met with State Representative O’Brien and his Executive Assistant Tom Forkin. We discussed the ADL Center’s mission and vision in detail for an hour and forty five minutes. It was an amazing experience to be met with such sincere enthusiasm and support for the center. Over lunch, I was provided with many contacts and information to support the effort to get this center up and running. It was at this meeting that I was provided with Nina Wall-Cote’s contact information and told I would have O’Brien’s support in contacting her and help with scheduling a meeting.

One short week later we met with State Representative Thomas Murt. Again, we presented ADL Center’s mission and vision in detail with the hope of gaining his support. I’m pleased to say that again, we were met with sincere and generous support for the center. He shared with us more vital contacts and information to aid in the realization of this center. He offered us an amazing opportunity to be on Comcast Newsmakers in a TV segment to highlight the ADL Center and gain some exposure and community support.
At this meeting we also discussed a possible location for the center. Upon hearing we were looking to be based out of Montgomery County, in a flash of brilliance, Representative Murt suggested the Willow Grove Air Base ( as it is scheduled to closed).We agreed this would be the ideal location, and continue to be in contact to make that the home of the ADL Center.

   

November brought us our meeting with Nina Wall-Cote, and her associate Ryan Walters. Nina Wall-Cote is the director of the newly formed Bureau of Autism Services at the Department of Public Welfare for Pennsylvania. Ryan Walters is the Coordinator of Special Projects for the Bureau. As at previous meetings, we were given a fifteen minute appointment and amazingly our meeting lasted well over an hour. This meeting proved to be invaluable to the center. We were again met with sincere support and given great contacts, information and advice. Ryan Walters presence was a bonus and I must say, I feel as if he has taken the center under his wing. Mr. Walters has generously given additional contacts and offered his help and support in any way he can be of assistance. I’d like to quote him here and tell you all he thinks “the vision of this center is brilliant”. In his last email communication he conveyed that he knows we will succeed.

We also taped the segment with Comcast Newsmakers in November. It was a five minute segment and highlighted the services and programs the ADL Center will be providing to the community. This segment will be broadcast locally during CNN Headline News for a full week. It is our hope to gain exposure and boost the community buzz about the center.