The Hannah Center

We believe that in order to tackle the national autism crisis, we have to begin by supporting families locally.

The Hannah Center Mission

To promote awareness and education about autism in the community

To be a resource for parents taking care of children with autism spectrum disorders

To help parents and families of autistic children find services and interventions available through local and national organizations

To establish collaboration and cooperation among the various orgaizations providing intervention and services for children with autism spectrum disorders

To enlist community support for creating new services and facilities for taking care of individuals with autism

To promote better and more effective special education programs in public schools serving our community

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Preview: Apps for Autism

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Autistic people whose condition prevents them from speaking are making breakthroughs with the help of tablet computers and special applications that allow them to communicate. Lesley Stahl reports on Sunday, July 15 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."

Honor - A Memorial Day Tribute

Autism Votes

Last week, the House passed a defense bill that would end the discrimination experienced by military families in getting the health care needed by their children on the autism spectrum.

Today, the Senate Armed Services Committee did not include an amendment to provide for comprehensive autism care in the Senate version of the defense bill. The full Senate will likely consider the bill in the c...oming weeks, and further changes to the bill are possible.

We will provide further details of the Senate action as they become known so, please stay tuned in case we need you to make calls and send emails.

For more information on Autism Votes efforts to improve the lives of our military families with children with autism, please see the link below: See More

Military homepage - **Autism Votes **

http://www.autismvotes.org/

May 24 at 5:31pm

Autism Votes

Teary-eyed military wife and autism mom, Rachel Kenyon, thanked U.S. Rep. John B. Larson Tuesday for championing legislation that calls for better coverage of autism treatment for military families. Efforts to pass similar legislation in the Senate are underway. Read more ...

Autism Amendment On Its Way To U.S. Senate | CT News Junkie

http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/

A teary-eyed military wife and mother of an autistic child thanked U.S. Rep. John B. Larson Tuesday for introducing legislation that calls for better coverage of autism.

May 23 at 4:22am

60 Minutes Presents: Honoring our troops - 60 Minutes - CBS News

60 Minutes Presents: Honoring our troops

May 24, 2012 4:15 PM

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer recalls his actions during an ambush in Afghanistan; Wounded combat veterans return to Iraq to face their traumatic memories; And, five sets of brothers serve together in Afghanistan.

"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."

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Apps4Autism - CBSNEWS 60 MINUTES

'Apps4Autism - CBSNEWS 60 MINUTES' 

by EnjoyHi5Autism October 23, 2011 5:45 AM EDT

Hi5! Our son's Mild/Moderate Teacher tells us he becomes quite verbal, attentive, responsive and participatory whenever the lesson plan incorporates the iPad, Promethean Board, Mac, PC, or any interactive and touchscreen technologies. Our son is diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum. Also, because of Sensory Processing Disorder, using e-gadgets, instead of pencils, to write helps him show that he does know his kindergarten lessons, while attending class in an Inclusive- Least Restrictive Environment. Likewise, Semantic Pragmatic Language Disorder isn't as evident when his General Education Teacher permits speech/language technology tools to accommodate our son with sharing his knowledge and expressing his thoughts. As his Parents, we've known all of this for over 5 years, prior up Regression and pre-diagnosis of Aspersers Syndrome. But, these understandings and usages of apps for Autism were not as well known or widely accepted. Thanks Steve Jobs, Spectrum Vision, A4CWSN Apps for Children with Special Needs, Spectronics, AutismClassroom, DynaVox and a plethora of hi-tech companies, Scientists, Educators and Inventors who are 'pushing the envelope' Autism Apps-wise. We are sharing this CBS News/60 Minutes Apps 4 Autism story and Dr. Temple Grandin's feature on our 'EnjoyHi5Autism' social networks, including http://enjoyhi5autism.blogspot.com, https://www.facebook.com/EnjoyHi5Autism and http://familyenjoyingh5autism.blogspot.com.

Mrs. Brenda Lee Cosse', Parent Advocate
LA Developmental Disabilities Council
Creator/Social Networker/Blogger
"disAbilityVOICE - Disabiility Rights Advocate"
http://www.facebook.com/DisabilityVOICE

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CBSNEWS 60 MINUTES

Preview Apps for Autism on CBSNews 60 Minutes


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References & Resources


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PRAYING & Hoping for a Good, Productive and Enjoyable School Year :-)

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We are the family that advocated for Twellow (Twitter online yellowpages) to establish 5 new Raising Awareness Categories(10.11.10): Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Delays, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Disorders, Sensory Integration Disorder and Sensory Processing Disorder.
We share 2 Twitter accounts Registered under Twellow as:
KBJ Cosse' @babymiracle2005 http://www.twellow.com/babymiracle2005
KBJCosse' @enjoyhi5autism http://www.twellow.com/EnjoyHi5Autism 

Developmental Disabilities 
www.twellow.com/categories/developmental_disabilities/page/6
Learning Disabilities 
www.twellow.com/categories/learning_disabilities/page/5
Developmental Delays
www.twellow.com/categories/developmental_delays
Sensory Integration Disorder
www.twellow.com/categories/sensory_integration_disorder
Sensory Processing Disorder
www.twellow.com/categories/sensory_processing_disorder
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http://www.twitter.com/#!/enjoyhi5autism