Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation Inc

I just want to say thank you on behalf of Asaiah. This is his learning and entertainment. You all have made it possible for him to enjoy a different experience in his world of autism. Thank you so much again.

There are many words in one’s vocabulary that could be utilized to describe this foundation - a blessing, charitable, fundamental, altruistic, inspirational and I could go on here, but I digress as you see my feelings clearly. However, I would like to speak about another word we don’t often hear in regards to a charitable organization; expectations. I know, this is a random word, but it underlays the difference between where most fail and few thrive.

As a case manager, I spend my days on the phone or in my e-mail attempting to knock doors down and move mountains. In reality, most of my battles tend to be leaving voicemails repetitively asking for contact in hopes that by being annoying, I’ll get some answer. It’s exhausting to be so persistently consistent.

I wrote the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation Inc in regards to a struggling single father with a child with Autism and by the next day I was in tears; not only did I have a response, I had a donation offer that gave this family an opportunity to add to their lives something new or creative they wouldn’t otherwise of experienced. It was more than monetary; it was hope.

For many, miracles are spoken as events that have a divine change in circumstance yet underlying the bespoken word lies one fundamental property and that is hope birthed by a moment. The Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation gives hope to families and follows through seamlessly, not missing a beat.

My father use to tell me often, “Why are you donating to them? It probably never goes to the people!,” whenever I would give to collection agencies and my response was always “Because I don’t need this as much as someone else may and if nothing is added, nothing is given. What happens after I give is out of my hands, but I put it towards something that needed it more.” It is easy to hold bias, yet I can tell my father today that what happens is hope; a families life is gifted something, given a relief, a passing - they are given a moment.

I am going to end to this lengthy review with this sediment; as a society, we strive to come together and build an equality and sorting through the right’s and wrong’s is part of the process, as well as hesitancy in our ability to distinguish the difference between them. I have many families that refuse to work with particular foundations after having so many negative experiences with them; expectations were not upheld. Do we stop striving to create change from a few wrongs? I would of never found the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation had I accepted that sentiment as a belief and this family would of never experienced a moment of hope, which given the current circumstance, was a miracle to them.

So, I ask you, as my father has asked me multiple times through-out my life; why? And I answer you with this review and my last statement; because I alone cannot change the world, but I alone can make the choice to add my part.

Thank you for not only giving the family I am working with hope, but myself as well and dare I say, maybe even my father! The Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation is truly a leader is what a foundation should be.

It was less than 2 months from the time I applied for the grant with ASDF and the time my son received his iPad. The staff was knowledgeable and trustworthy, answered all of my questions promptly and helped me in any way they could. The iPad gives my son an opportunity to continue his development in meeting goals in communication.
Thank you to all persons involved in helping my family, especially my son.

Evelyn A. Columbia, SC

Elijah received a $100 Target gift card for Christmas due to the donations made. We were so excited, he got to shop and pick out several sensory toys and cars that he loves. We were also able to get long socks to accommodate his SMO braces. This was such a wonderful surprise and much needed as were are navigating our way through this diagnosis and his needs. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity!

My daughter and I would like to thank the foundation for gifting her with an IPad in time for Christmas!

I received a $100 Walmart gift card. I cried when I opened the email because I wasn't expecting it but it definitely came right on time....Christmas for my baby will be awesome. Thanks again so very much.

I contacted this organization for Christmas help after utilizing every church, program and other nonprofits in my county. Nobody was able to help me. I was heartbroken. When I contacted ASDF, They generously gave us a gift card to Walmart. Thanks to them my child has new shoes, an outfit and some toys under the tree this
year. I am grateful to ASDF for helping my special needs child have a Christmas this year.

This company is amazing ! My son has autism and the best way he learns is to use technology. I’m a single mom, with an almost non existent work schedule due to all therapies needed. He wanted an iPad and mama just didn’t know how to make it happen. I came across this amazing program and they blessed him with an amazing iPad !

Once again thank you ☺️

They helped me to get my son Christmas gifts this year! I’m ever so grateful! Thank you!

This foundation is absolutely amazing!! I have an Autistic 5 year old who needs an IPad to help him communicate, watch videos and learn certain things. His current iPad (generation 3) will only hold a charge for about 30 minutes before it dies and needs plugged in. Makes it very frustrating for him and for me. I signed him up to receive a new iPad through this foundation. I knew spots were limited and I didn’t think we would actually get one. Much to my surprise they sent a brand new 2021 Generation 9 iPad. I wasn’t expecting one this nice. I figured it would be an older refurbished one. I am beyond grateful for this foundation for sending this to my son. He will be able to use it longer than 30 minutes and will make such a difference in his day to day life, and mine too. I got him a heavy duty case for it and he will be opening it on Christmas! Money is tight right now so this will be one of only a couple gifts he will get. I will be forever grateful for what they have done for my family. Thank you again.

This my first year applying and getting approved for this program thank you so much for the 100 e-gift cards they truly helped out a bunch god bless happy holidays everyone

I want like to thanks everyone that is part of this foundation and not just that the people that donate and make it happen for children with disabilities.
I would like to thanks everyone for the $100 walmart I received for my son. Is big help for us and be able to buy him gift for Christmas.
Thank to everyone and God bless them too

You are all so great! Thank you to all those who provide funds to this beautiful cause. My son is on the spectrum and with all of his outbursts in the last two months we will be able to use the $100 gift card we received for Walmart to allow us to buy him gifts he will really truly enjoy and appreciate. We are all so grateful to have a program like this. God bless you all and happy holidays.

The Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation is just wonderful!! They provided my son with a gift card for Christmas and we are very grateful. We are now able to purchase him a sensory swing to provide him with the sensory input his body craves. This foundation has helped our family for 2 years now and without them we wouldn't be able to afford some of the things he needs. I am so very thankful for them. I would have given them 10 stars in the review if I could have!!!

I have 2 children who have autism. A 14 year old and a 3 year. This year has been a huge challenge for them. And an even bigger one for me. I bounce around work even at home because I bring them to therapy twice a week. I reached out to ASD Foundation for help with resources and more to help me, help them with our challenges. The help and resources has been such a breeze. I just want to say Thank you from deep down in my soul❤️

Words can’t express how thankful we are for the gift card we received for our Autistic daughter for Christmas. We will be able to get the gifts off of her wish list! We live on a tight budget and this has been a HUGE relief! Can't wait to celebrate Christmas morning this year! And this couldn't have been possible without your help!
Proud Autism mom- New York

Wonderful organization! Thank you so much in assisting with Christmas for Micheal & Malachi.

Good evening, Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation made a huge difference in our life. Due to the pandemic my hours at work was cut. I was stressing, worried about how I was going to be able to buy my son anything for Christmas. I am forever grateful for this opportunity. Thank you so much! I appreciate what you have done for my family.

I am a teacher in Detroit. The ASD Foundation has been a huge blessing to my students and their families by providing them with an ipad so that their child can communicate. This organization is making a difference in the lives of our students with Autism.

I am so glad I stumbled upon this organization. This has helped out so much and words really don't convey how much it means. We are so appreciative of this.

This is great organization. I am so thankful for this. What they are doing for these children is amazing. My son enjoys his new iPad and so grateful. It came at a time where both my husband and I just returned back to work and couldn't have possibly afford something like this by Christmas. A million thanks from my family.

What a beautiful and generous organization and group of donors. We were so fortunate to receive an ipad for my Autistic daughter. She is currently learning some visual concepts and this is going to help her tremendously. I am so thankful to the foundation and everyone who heartwarmingly donates to help families with asd! Cant be more grateful and thank everyone enough. Happy Holidays :)

This program is allowing us to provide supplemental learning opportunities on the iPad for our child. Distance learning was a difficult challenge for our daughter living with Autism, this iPad is hopefully going to help us catch up to where we were before the pandemic. Thank you Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation Inc for helping so many families.

I truly appreciate the opportunity to participate in your holiday gift card program. These types of programs make such a difference. We are so incredibly thankful to all of the donors and volunteers.

My son Braydon is Level 3 Autistic and Non Verbal at age 5. It has been very hard for our family to make sure he has transportation 6 days a week so that he can attend ABA in the next County over ( about a 30 min drive one way). We make the trip 4 times a day , 6 days a week so that he can recieve the therapy he needs. The Autism Foundation has graciously given us a total of $400 in 2 years during Christmas to make sure Braydon has a ipad or something he needs for Christmas. We are so grateful a place like this exist that understands what endurance and what the word Autism means for parents that live this life everyday. They are a true blessing, and directly touch the lives of those living with Autism everyday.

What a beautiful and generous organization, I hope they receive more donors and support for all they do and to help them bless more families. My husband and I already have this foundation as one of the non profits we would donate to if we ever had the means to do so. My son was given his first iPad this year, it’s been such a great resource!
I can’t thank this organization enough.

So generous and helpful. We truly appreciate the opportunity to participate in your program. Our 3 sons received an iPad each and they will love them. They will use them every day and I am sure they will help with social skills/cues, interactions, and reading. Thank you so very kindly and God Bless all those people have that are involved with your program.

We are very thankful for this foundation, especially this holiday season. I reached out to them for assistance for an iPad for my autistic child. Unfortunately the funds were gone by the time I submitted my request… but about a month later, we received a gift card for $100 for Christmas! This is such a blessing for my daughter and our family! Thank you so much!!

Obviously there are lots of additional costs associated with having a child on the spectrum so it can be quite the strain on your finances. With the holiday season, you don’t want to compromise your child’s experience because you don’t have much leftover to buy gifts. Programs like this are so appreciated and helpful. We are so happy to have this gift to make our daughter’s Christmas that much more special.

We received the gift card. I was able to get the things my son wanted and needed for Christmas ! Thank you so so much. As a single mother this helped me alot.

This foundation is absolutely amazing! My son was diagnosed with autism a year ago and we never had the money to get him an ipad. There are so many learning apps that we are looking forward to using to help his speech further develop. He currently is 5 and mostly uses one word utterances to communicate wants and needs. I am so excited to have this tool to help his communication to advance forward. I desperately want to get him to the point where he can communicate to us about his day. The ipad has many tools to help make this happen. We are so thankful to their donors for their generosity.

- Stephanie O

Hello, I just wanted to take some time and let everyone know that our 4 year old son with Autism received a $100 dollar gift card this helps our family out so much!!!!! My family and I will be forever grateful and truly appreciate it! This is a true Blessing! I cannot thank you enough!

Our 8 year old son with ASD received a $100 dollar gift card this helps us so much for Christmas gifts for him! We are so grateful for this organization thank you to those that made this possible!

Great non profit, very responsive and helpful.
We recently received and Apple IPad from Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation Inc. This will be very helpful for our sons speech therapy session. It will also be used to help develop his math and reading skills. We couldn’t be more blessed. Thank you again.

We recently received our iPad and I can't thank this organization enough for this truly wonderful gift! With this gift, my autistic son will be able to have app programs that will further assist him with grade level reading and math continuing to grow his confidence. I couldn't be happier with this opportunity.

This helps my daughter so much and she's really getting used to using it for speech! What a wonderful Organization! Thanks so much it makes a huge difference in her life!

We just received an iPad 9th Gen from this company to help our nonverbal daughter. So far it's been amazing. We were able to purchase an app called proloquo2go. This app allows her to communicate to us in her own way and we couldn't be more thankful. Without this iPad we wouldn't have the chance to give our daughter her words, but now we can. Thank you thank thank you so much for this opportunity!!!

My 6 year non verbal son is very excited that he got a new Ipad. We’ve tried to get an Ipad for 2 years, but it didn’t work out. This year we’ve found about ASDF organization and we were thrilled to get accepted. We appreciate ASDF and all the others who donated. You guys are amazing heroes. God bless you people.

Me and my 5 year old twin boys who are on the spectrum are forever grateful. We have been given the opportunity to increase their communication and comprehension. I could not afford two ipads so thank you to ASDF!

My daughter is 5 years old with autism. We were so blessed to be a recipient of a $100 Walmart gift card for Christmas this year. This has made such a difference for our family. We have fallen on some hard times after my husband was laid off from his job and is the main breadwinner for our family. This gift card made all the difference. We will be able to buy some Christmas gifts for our child this year! I want to say thank you to the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation, and all the people that donated to this organization. You truly make a difference. May God bless you!!

My 4 year old nonverbal autistic son was blessed enough to receive an iPad this year. He had previously been working with his speech therapist on one during his once a week session and was doing great. Since we have started using it all the time he has blossomed. The joy and smile on his face as he can tell us what he wants to eat, or what to watch or play with is something I can’t even put words around. I am beyond grateful for those who donated to help us and others like us and I can’t wait to continue to see him excel.

My family couldn’t be more thankful to receive a brand new iPad from such a wonderful foundation. My daughter loves it so much. I really feel like it’s a step towards getting our non verbal daughter to communicate with us. Thank You Thank You Thank You for the iPad and for HOPE!!!!

My daughter has Selective mutism so it is hard for her teacher to communicate with her. With having the iPad she can type what she needs to tell them or what she need help with. Having this will make it so much easier on her and everyone else. It will all so help at home has well and take the guess work out of what she want and keep her from having melt down because we don't know what she want.

I have two sons that are on the Spectrum this program is really helpful for families that are in need of holiday presents even though I was only able to receive one of my boys it made a big impact on getting them both a Christmas gift. Thank you for your help this year.

My non-verbal child needed this ipad. I am so happy ������ she is happy and love using the IPad already. This iPad will be used during her therapy sessions and to encourage her to communicate via technology. Love you all for your kindness. Thank you so much

Our son was blessed to have received an iPad from this organization. He is diagnosed with ASD level 3 with global and developmental delay. The excitement on his face when we gave him the iPad was astounding. He can now use the iPad for learning and we are teaching him how to use it to communicate with us. We are very appreciative of those who fund this program to help families like ourselves. Thank you so much.

Thank you Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation for selecting my daughter as a recipient of a new iPad. My family and I are extremely grateful for the generosity of your donors. My daughter has limited speech and now she has a device that she can use AAC apps on. This is going to be a great Christmas present for her. Thanks again - Ms. Richardson :-)

Thank you so very much for your Christmas gift card for my son. This has been a pretty difficult year for us all and by your generosity, he will be able to enjoy Christmas a little more. We are all so grateful and happy. Thank you again and God bless! Have a very Merry Christmas!

My son was diagnosed with ASD since he was 18 months . For years I haven’t been able to hold down a job .I’m a single parent and my sons only provider . I would like to thank ASDF for proving my son with a gift card to make this holiday brighter . We really appreciate it . Happy Holidays

Thank you so much you helped me give my son a wonderful Christmas that I would not have been able to provide. His autism is an every day struggle and gets costly. We got a $100 Walmart gift card I was able to use to buy him thing for Christmas.

This program has helped my family with the holiday gift card that we use to for my son that has autism get him Christmas gifts thank you to this program and to the people that donate to help us! May God’s bless you!

Thank you so much for the gift card, which was used to buy my son’s Christmas presents. I was skeptical at first about sending his information but in the end, I am glad I did. Thank you so much and to all of the wonderful donors.

For over a year we’ve been struggling thru this pandemic , I was a bit discouraged as I knew I wouldn’t be able to get my son presents this year .. but thanks to this foundation my son was given a gift card ! Thank you from the bottom of my heart because of you he will have an incredible Christmas and will receive his gift ..

I would like to thank the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation and their donors for the IPAD that was donated to my 8 yo non verbal daughter. The IPAD will be used as an AAC device to help my daughter communicate. We are extremely grateful!

My son received the $100 Walmart gift card and we are so thankful! I used it to purchase him a new bike. His old bike was too small and rusted so I can’t wait to surprise him with his new one. He had finally learned to ride his old bike and he rides it as much as he can. So I’m sure his new will be much appreciated! Thank you so much!

My son is autistic and needs certain music to keep him calm in social situations and apps we wanted to try to help him understand social situations. We are so thankful the the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation getting him an iPad! I am a single mom and could never afford one on top of all of the therapies I pay for by myself.