Previous Annual Autism Advocacy Events  
Awards & Recognition    

2008 Recipients


Mark Lawrence, WKOK
Autism Awareness Recognition Award 2008

Autism Acceptance Recognition Award 2008
Bill Jones of the Jones Center at Bloomsburg University for his years of dedicated Service helping families and promoting Autism acceptance.

Autism Education Recognition Award 2008
M. Annette Kratzer, Penn State Cooperative Extension for her work to educate early childhood teachers and caregivers in Autism.

Thank you to all our recipients and all the people who make a difference in their daily lives promoting Autism awareness, education and acceptance.		 I believed it was time to recognize the people who were making real efforts in Autism. 

The three categories I chose were the ones I founded Autism Advocacy on which are Awareness, Education and Acceptance.

Each year I choose three individuals who are making a difference in one of those areas.

Each year it is hard to choose only three but I am reminded there is always the next year to recognize three more individuals doing  outstanding work in these areas.
 -Susan Colón
This Years recipients of the
Autism Awareness Recognition Awards		    

Autism Awareness-  The CSIU
for their continued support of the Annual Autism Event and their work in improving the education of others working in the field everyday, with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Thank you to the CSIU for supporting the Annual Autism Event the past three years and the efforts being made to improve the education and service needs of individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

 

Autism Education -Dr.  Vikas Passi, Family Practice Center for his support in educating parents and others by providing Autism trainings.

 Autism Acceptance- Master's Abers & Fletcher, Sil Lum Chuan Fa Kung Fu, Milton and Sunbury YMCA for their acceptance of working with children of all abilities using compassion and understanding. 

Master's Abers & Fletcher were recommended by a family who were touched by their compassion and patience with their son with autism, a student of their Kung Fu classes.
Guest Speakers    


Nina Wall Cote, Autism Affairs Director, (& Parent), PA Dept. of Public Welfare
PA Bureau of Autism Services
 



Ilene Shane, Esq., CEO
Disability Rights Network



 

Wendy Woolcock, SLP
Bloomsburg Hospital,
Speech and Language Pathologist


 
     

Thank you to everyone who loves and supports others who may have differences, knowing that being different is not a negative thing, but rather something that makes them unique and very special. 

I am blessed to have brought this event to you all for more than five years now and I look forward to many more years.

-Susan Colón