Save the Date!

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network's
Annual Gala!

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Join us for a special celebration and fundraising event at
The National Press Club in Washington, DC

Dinner and dessert will be served and a reception will precede dinner.

Keynote speaker: Kathy Greenlee
Assistant Secretary for Aging and
Administrator of the new Administration on Community Living

Proceeds will support our advocacy work and programs for the coming year, and will allow us to continue working to empower disabled people across the country.

This is a sensory-friendly event. Please, no scented lotions, perfumes, or fragrances.

Register Now:
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/r...5a55fd63e9

To be honest, this is an odd fundraiser.  I think a lot of people with AS dread formal social functions like this.  I know I do.

I don't mean to knock a fundraising activity, particularly for ASAN.  I'm sure a lot of time and effort went into it.  Best of luck.

This post was last modified: 09-18-2012 06:06 PM by AspieMomma.

It would be good for NT educators, doctors, family members, etc.

Perhaps, if ASAN were not a self-advocacy organization.  

I'm not coming down on the event, heck I might go, it just seems odd.

cool.

I understand why this seems an odd fundraiser.
Yet, last year's fundraiser was a great success:
http://autisticadvocacy.org/2012/01/janu...ewsletter/
Skip the first article and scroll to the second article, "ASAN’s 5-Year Anniversary Fundraiser".
The photographs above the article are from last year's fundraiser.
The article links to, among others, a video of Ari's speech at last year's fundraiser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWeDEcgM0kA

I've attended autism-related parties before. Granted, they weren't entirely attended by autistics, but most of the people there were on the spectrum. It always seems to work. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that the social rules are a little different when the predominating neurotype is different.