Blog Archive 2021

By Kari Tanta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Rehab Manager Children’s Therapy and Kimberleigh Bechtolt, Community Engagement Associate, Washington Autism Alliance We've partnered up with Valley Medical Center – Children’s Therapy to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month! While April has long been known as Autism Awareness Month, awareness alone does not go far enough in addressing the needs […]

Dear WAA Community, Today Washington Autism Alliance joins the United Nations to celebrate World Autism Acceptance Day, a time to recognize and spread acceptance for the rights of people on the autism spectrum. It was first designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007 and has been observed worldwide ever since. Approximately 2% of the population […]

Washington State is home to 142864 children, adolescents and adults on the spectrum. Of them 8159 are birth-5,  28,525 are under 21, and 106,180 are adults 22 and older. April Is Autism Acceptance Month. Join WAA as we celebrate our loved ones, spotlight the skills, talent and potential of autistic individuals as well as recognizing (and troubleshooting) the challenges and […]

The next cut-off date of March 26 is the last day for bills to be passed out of their opposite house committees. Legislation that also must be heard by fiscal committees have until April 2. See below for the latest on bills we've been tracking: Two bills have upcoming hearings in their second house committee:  HB […]