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AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER FOUNDATION INC
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March 18, 2013
3 people found this review helpful
I reveived this packet in the mail and thought I was doing something for an organization that was credible. I should have done my homework! I sent this out to my neighbors and invited them to be contribute to this organization, only to find out that it was just a scam in 2012 Got another invite to do the same thing again in 2013. Sleezy is the best word to describe these people, phone calls asking you to volunteer and then you fall for it. Never again!
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No
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None
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Badly
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
March 8, 2013
I recieved a package to send to neighbors. I DID NOT volunteer to do this and will not contact anyone. I live on a State Route and do not know most of the people on this route.
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None
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2013
8 people found this review helpful
February 23, 2013
8 people found this review helpful
I received an unsolicited phone call asking me to volunteer to send out letters to my neighbors. I talked to the woman for a while and because my niece has an autistic child, I agreed to do it. When the material arrived I read it over and the small print on the back of the cards to be sent out caught my eye. After reading it, I went on line and googled the name. This site came up. After reading the reviews, I am so glad I had that uneasy feeling. I will not be sending out the solicitation letters they will be filed in the trash. I will file a report on the website of the PA AG.... thanks to all who have taken the time to write a review....
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No
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None
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Badly
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2013
4 people found this review helpful
February 7, 2013
4 people found this review helpful
! I received a phone call last week from a nice lady from the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation. After chatting with her for about 5 minutes I agreed to make a $25.00 donation. Our grandson is autistic and I am happy to be able to help. I promptly received in the mail a thank-you letter and a SASE for my donation. Prior to making out the check, I looked them up on the internet and was horrified to see they are a SCAM! How dare they…
The reviews from others were very helpful, thank you. I was about to make out my check!!
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No
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
None
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Badly
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2013
3 people found this review helpful
January 26, 2013
3 people found this review helpful
I, too agreed to do a mailing to neighbors last year, and was ver successful. This year I received a "Thanks for agreeing" mailing pack, not having agreed. Instead of the 15 or so addresses on the list last year there were 5, none of whom had given last year. Yikes! Red flags! I looked through the literature for the "great things we accomplished" and found that they sent 45 kids to a film camp, 100 to golf camp and an unspecified number to speech therapy camp. That's it! I will alert my neighbors and apologize for unknowingly scamming them.
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No
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
None
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Badly
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2013
1 person found this review helpful
January 24, 2013
1 person found this review helpful
This is not a valid charity. I received collect-from-your-neighbors materials and send-it-backfrom these people stating incorrectly that I had volunteered by phone, but addressing me as Mr (I am a woman).
Because I disapprove of this form of fundraising, I knew that I had not agreed to anything of the sort --indeed, I had not even talked to their fundraisers -- and threw the materials away. I have since received a follow-up letter asking me for the donations and/or one of my own.
I realize now that I should have reported the earlier letter to the postmaster.
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No
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None
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
1 person found this review helpful
December 3, 2012
1 person found this review helpful
Thank you, everyone, for these reviews. You confirmed my suspicions and I will not be working with these people.
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No
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
None
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Badly
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
5 people found this review helpful
November 20, 2012
5 people found this review helpful
Asked to solicit for them. Checked out on line. Discovered it's part of a group of scam organizations.
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No
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
None
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Badly
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
10 people found this review helpful
November 10, 2012
10 people found this review helpful
My grandson has a form of autism, so I agreed to mail out solicitation letters to my neighbors after receiving a call from the foundation. However, just before sending them out today, I decided to google the foundation because I was not familiar with them. I hadn't expected to find this site that revealed the "solicitation" is basically a scam; and that little if any money goes to assisting affected persons and their families. I now plan to investigate the foundation in my state and will not be sending out their material.
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No
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
None
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Badly
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
3 people found this review helpful
November 5, 2012
3 people found this review helpful
The amount of money that this organization actually gives to the people they serve is almost nothing. I would never recommend this charity. Please look into the Autism Society of America, Autism Research Institute or Autism Speaks. These organizations give a much higher percentage of funds.
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How does this organization compare with others in the same sector?
Badly
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None
Will you recommend this organization to others?
No
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
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