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As a part of their annual festival, the students of Kathmandu University School of Management had organized a walkathon on Dec 10, in collaboration with Autism Care Nepal, Community Based Rehabilitation Organization and Rotary clubs around the Valley to disseminate awareness on Autism.
The walk was concluded at the premises of KUSOM, Balkumari. There Dr. Sunita Maleku Amatya gave
a speech on Autism and thanked all at KUSOM for the walk. Viewswas also expressed by Mr. Deepak
Shakya, parent of a child with Autism. It was a very noble initiative by students of KUSOM. Autism Care
Nepal extends it heartfelt gratitude to all students and faculties of KUSOM.

The video of the walk on facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=244506102282139

On 17th and 18th of December a "Workshop on Autism Music Therapy and Art Therapy" conducted at
ACN by Music Therapy Trust Nepal and Autism Care Nepal. The workshop was attended by parents
and teachers of children with Autism, Students of Psychology, social work and different faculties.
Introduction on Autism spectrum disorders was given by Dr Sunita Maleku Amatya Chairperson of ACN
and Sijan Shakya, special educator at ACN. Music therapy was introduced by Music Therapist Mr. Kedar
Gandhari, and Miss Liesbeth Staelens, clinical psychologist and student music therapy. Art Therapy
was introduced by Mr. Raj Kaji Prajapatii, psychologist and art therapist. Musical program was also
conducted by special guest ‘Gandharba Community’ and Belgian lunch also followed.

Photographs can be visited on facebook site of ACN : http://www.facebook.com/autismcarenepal?sk=photos

We at AutismCare Nepal are very thrilled that AutismCare Nepal and Autism in Nepal has been featured in "Autism Spectrum Quarterly" a well renowned Autism Mega journal published from US (www.ASQuarterly.com). ACN would like to thank Cynthia Ryan, Ph.D. and Mrs Dina Bangdel for this wonderful opportunity to introduce Autism in Nepal and ACN to the world. We also regret a minor printing mistake in the article where the founder of ACN should be noted as Dr. Hem Sagar Baral and Mrs Kalpana Ghimere. This is part one of the two part article" Breaking the Silence The Long Road to Addressing Autism in Nepal".

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On 27th November 2011, AutismCare Nepal in association with District Education Office (DEO) (Tahchal) organised an “Introductory Seminar on Autism for Teacher”. The one day introductory seminar was held in the premises of AutismCare Nepal in which twenty teachers from different schools in the valley were present. The seminar was initiated by Mr.Navraj Niroula, School Supervisor of DEO, with introduction of participants and the motive of the seminar. Dr. Sunita Maleku Amatya, chairperson of ACN and Mrs. Sijan Shakya, Special Educator and Education co-ordinator of ACN conducted the seminar. Most of the participant teachers were introduced to Autism for the first time and everyone felt very well informed about Autism in the seminar.

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On 21st on October 2011, Vibor Bikas Bank Ltd, Basundhara branch, Kathmandu celebrated their 1st anniversary by donating gifts to the children with Autism at AutismCare Nepal. The gift consisted of story books, cello tapes, lamination paper, water colors, xerox papers, chart papers, crayons, puzzles, magnetic boards etc. The staffs of Vibor Bank also interacted with the children and experienced autism. AutismCare Nepal would like to Thank Vibor Bikas Bank Ltd, Basundhara branch and Wish for their success.

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AutismCare Nepal was very excited to welcome members of HealthCare Nepal on 24th October 2011. Mr. Jack Starmer, Director of HealthCare Nepal, along with Dr. Fredrick Basilico, a cardiologist and Dr Judith Waligunda, MD, Internal Medicine, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston and also the chairperson of HealthCare Nepal; were very happy visiting ACN. They interacted with members and parents at ACN. They also interacted with children and toured the premises. They were very glad to meet Mrs. Sijan Shakya, the first Special educator in Autism who completed her Diploma in Special Education with the support from Health Care Nepal.  ACN would like to thank them all for supporting ACN and Autism in Nepal.

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AutismCare Nepal and Phoenix International School very excited to welcome Miss Lynne Babbington, an Educational Psychologist from UK, to present a talk on Educational Psychology and different Learning Difficulties encountered at school. Talk was arranged at Phoenix International School on 30th October 2011. The participants were teachers and parents of children from Phoenix and also teachers from other schools from Kathmandu. Autism Care Nepal would like to thank Miss Lynne Babbington and all the teachers and Staffs of Phoenix International School for their commitment and collaboration.

Mrs. Sijan Shakya, a proud mother of Child with Autism; Dipankar, 8 years old has proved to be more special mom. She gathered all her effort and energy to complete Diploma course on Special Education (ASD) from Action for Autism, National Centre for Autism, New Delhi. It is a Diploma course recognized by Rehabilitation Centre of India.

AutismCare Nepal is privileged to sponsor her Diploma with the financial help from HealthCare Nepal. We also would like to extend our thanks to Action for Autism in helping in many ways to help her in this mission.
She is first Special educator who is trained in Autism. AutismCare Nepal is very optimistic about her service that she could provide to children with Autism in Nepal. We wish her great success ahead of her life.

A team of 11 experts on Autism organized by Knowledge for People arrived Kathmandu on 9th july2011. This complete team serving different necessities for therapeutic purpose of Autism; included Speech and Language pathologist, occupational therapist, Behavioral therapists, TEACCH Expert s. They were
Lizzy Donovan: Lizzy is a Senior Educational Consultant at ABC of NC (http://abcofnc.org). She has over 12 years of working with children who have autism and their families and she is currently completing her supervision to become a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst. Lizzy was the Autism Society of North Carolina’s Professional of the Year in 2008.

Valorie Greene: Valorie has over 20 years of experience as a special education teacher and autism specialist in Oregon. She provides behavior consultation and conducts in-services and trainings about autism spectrum disorders.

Heather Higgins: Heather has over 12 years of experience working with children and families. She is a Speech and Language Pathologist who has studied both the medical model and educational model for treatments. Currently, she conducts therapy with the Hello Foundation in Oregon.

Selene Johnson: Selene is currently the Executive Director of ABC of NC in North Carolina. She is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Licensed Special Education Teacher and Infant/Toddler Family Specialist.
Liz Kleine: Liz has been working with children who have autism and their families since 2004. She currently works in the autism center at Seattle Children's Hospital and her primary focus is on behavior and ABA.

Christine O'Shea: Christine is an occupational therapist at Pediatric Therapy Network in California. She has advanced training in Ayres Sensory Integration and she has been working with children with autism for the past 5 years in different aspects (behavioral therapist, research, and occupational therapist).

Renee Poole: Renee has been working with children and teenagers who have autism for the past 4 years. She began her career working with ASTAR (Autism Spectrum Treatment and Research) and she currently works at Seattle Children's Hospital in the Autism Center and Research Institute.

Beth Reynolds: Beth has worked for TEACCH for the last 10 years as a TEACCH trainer and consultant. She has helped set up classrooms using the TEACCH model in Ireland, England, and all over the United States.
Tracy Vail: Tracy is a Speech and Language Pathologist who has been working with children who have autism for 29 years. She helped start the Mariposa School for Children with autism and is currently a co-owner of Let's Talk Speech & Language Services in North Carolina.

Training was conducted for 32 people in three different groups. Group 1 and group 2 had intensive hands on training on occupational therapy and sensory integration, ABA, floor-time, play therapy, TEAACH. Participants also had opportunity to see practical demo on children with different needs.

Group 3 had advanced training on communication for total of 6 days. In which different component of communication applying on VBA were discussed. Communication and social skill assessment tool VB-MAP was introduced then applied on 3 different level children as demo. The participants on this group also learned how to use manual of VB-MAP for assessing communication and social skill then also to provide Goals to work on. Group 3 further had 2 days intensive training on TEAACH and structure classroom/Home work setup.

The team of 32 participants comprised of parents and professionals. This training has significantly uplifted knowledge of Autism and necessary therapies to parents and professionals in their daily life and work. For a developing country like Nepal with limited resource such kind of different level training needs continuity in order to develop resource and establish service.

AutismCare Nepal is very grateful to Knowledge for People organizing such a useful training. We appreciate the dedication and knowledge sharing from all the trainers across states. We also would like to convey our sincere thanks to all the donors from United States who helped in different ways to make this training successful.

Autism Speaks and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh – with direct leadership from Saima Wazed Hossain and support from the office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Health–worked together to develop and deliver programs to address the autism challenges in Bangladesh and the region through GAPH. Autism Speaks’ Global Autism Public Health initiative (GAPH) is an ambitious international advocacy effort that strives to help autism communities around the world to develop and implement feasible, effective, and sustainable program solutions. Additional collaborators included leadership from WHO-Geneva as well as representation from the South East Asian Regional Office (SEARO) of the WHO. Mrs. Sonia Gandhi was the chief Guest to the event.

Among all the South East Asian country, as a SEARO representative Dr. Sunita Maleku Amatya was also invited by Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of Prime Minister, Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina commended international organization, WHO, Autism Speaks, and other regional organizations and collaboration among countries to develop better identification methods ,to improve treatment options and create an adequate network of essesntial services across the region.

Mr. Juan Carlos Brandt, chief of Advocacy and Special Events, Department of Public Information, UN applauded this gigantic and crucial effort acknowledging this global demand. He also thanked parents all over the world who have been working very hard with their children with autism.

Saima Hossain, School psychologist, Chair, National Advisory Committee on Autism in Bangladesh expressed her honor to be a part of launching Autism Speaks Global Autism Public Health Initiative in Bangladesh. She also added she is ready to help every step of the way to make this world more accessible more compassionate and more understanding of the needs of our beautiful children.

Merry Barua, Director National Centre of Autism, India admitted creating awareness and asserting recognition of the condition had to go hand in hand with advocating for the rights and entitlements of persons with autism. She highlighted the equal importance of creating awareness amongst medical professionals, government and policy makers and educational professionals.

Dana Marnane, Vice president of Awareness and Events of Autism Speaks, presented on how important it is to encourage families to learn about the condition of their child different strategies in raising awareness about Autism. They have been successful in raising autism awareness 45% among the US general public.
Andy Shih, Vice President of Scientific Affairs, Autism Speaks, welcomed international organization to come together in conducting joint research projects where common solutions can be worked out.

Dr. Vijaya Chandra, Regional Advisor, Mental health and substance Abuse, WHO SEARO, New Delhi, expressed the importance of dealing Autism in Community based service.

Different countries put up with their health care service and education service which has been implemented for the condition of Autism. AutismCare Nepal as one and only parent run organization in Nepal, Dr. Amatya got the privilege to overview through the activities of AutismCare Nepal, its short term and long term needs. She on her speech requested the Government and international organization to help children with autism and families in Nepal to achieve their goal.

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Saturday 7th May, 2011 & Sunday 8th May, 2011

Two days workshop on “Child Development and Disabilities” was organized by Autism Care Nepal in association with IAP and Ummeed Child Development, at its premises on 7th and 8th May 2011 to train the pediatricians from different hospitals within and outside the valley for earlier diagnosis of Autism and other Developmental Disorders. The facilitators were Dr Vibha Krishnamurthy Medical Director at Ummeed Child Development Center and has 15 years of experience working with children with developmental disabilities. She is also Staff Physician, Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA and Consultant Pediatrician, Developmental Disorders, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India Dr Koyeli Sengupta Developmental Pediatrician at Ummeed CDC, has a Masters in Clinical Psychology from Eastern Illinois University, USA.

The workshop had a unique format of interactive case based discussions, videos illustrated concept and role play to understand new tools (i.e. GMCD and M-CHAT) for monitoring child development from 0 to 3 yrs. During the workshop participant learnt to identify common developmental disorders and understood bio-psychosocial approach and family centered approach to developmental behavioral concerns

Pediatricians from different hospitals within and outside the valley participated in this workshop.20 participants included pediatricians and psychologists from Kanti Children Hospital, Patan Hospital, Maternity Hospital, Bheri Zonal Hospital, Kist Medical College, Nepal Academy of Medical Sciences and Autism Care Nepal.

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April 2nd 2011 World Autism Awareness Day was celebrated in Nepal organized by AutismCare Nepal.  The Walkathon assembled at Hotel De’L Annapurna and started from there at 8 am. The rally walked   with the Banner written “Walkathon, World Autism Awareness Day” with the theme “Are you Aware of Autism”; It reached Durbarmarg, along the Narayan Hiti palace crossed Nagpokhari, Naxal and Gairidhara chowk to reach Autism Care Nepal at Neel Saraswati Marg.  Our popular Nepali celebrity Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya led the procession. People from all different work of life attended the walkathon. On one side there were parents, caretakers and family members of children with autism and on the other side, there were participation from different Rotary club, Innerwheel club, Rotract, Senior citizen organization, Different disability organization, teachers, students and volunteers.  The member of International Human Right Watch, New York Mrs. Shantha also participated in walk. Director of Special Education Department from Ministry of Education, Nepal, Mr. Arun Tiwari also participated in the walk . Many media personels also enthusiastically covered the event and also took part in it. The procession was very co-ordinated with the help of Nepal Traffic Police. There were participation from foreign friends.The walk ended at AutismCare Nepal, Gairidhara  . The distance of walk was nearly 3km.

At ACN, Gairidhara there was a short programme organized. The programme was hosted by Mr. Krishna Lamsal active executive member of ACN. The programme started with welcome speech from Chairperson, AutismCare Nepa, and Dr.Sunita Maleku Amatya. She highlighted on the purpose of Walk, different acitivities conducted in ACN and thanked all the parents, friends inside and outside country, volunteers, staff members, well wishers for making the activities of ACN successful.

The mood of the programme changed with the solo performance on keyboard played by Master Nirakar Bista, a 12 year old boy who also has autism. He gracefully performed playing music of 3 different popular Nepali song, phool ko thunga ma, resham phiriri,  and one English song”We shall overcome….”

Followed by witty questions answer session with Master Pritish Shakya, a 8 year old boy who also has autism. He very enthusiastically answered to the entire question, drawing good attention of audience. He then sang a Nepali song” Sana sana putali…..”

Former President of AutismCare Nepal Dr.HemSagar Baral introduced and launched “Buy a brick programme”which   highlighted on dreams of AutismCare Nepal to build a school, Home and Vocational centre for children and adults with autism. Many of the participants kindly donated for this cause on that very day. A total of Rs36000/ was collected.

The Director from special education Department, Ministry of Health gave his view on prioritizing this upgoing disability as autism and promised to take active role in helping establish education facility for these needy children.

There was also the presence of Mr. Batuk Raj Bhandari, who gave an inspirational talk on the journey of any Disability related organization and congratulated on the achievements of ACN.

The programme was adjourned with the “thank you” note from Professor Dr. Deepak Mahara. He thanked all the donors and sponsors for the WAAD celebration.

The day ended with High tea and a smile on everyone face.

Sometimes, ordinary people doing extraordinary things, come together for a common cause to change the future and in doing so, changes the world.

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On December 18, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 62/139, tabled by the State of Qatar, which declares April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) in perpetuity. This UN resolution is one of only three official disease-specific United Nations Days that bring the world's attention to autism, a pervasive disorder that affects tens of millions. The World Autism Awareness Day resolution encourages all Member States to take measures to raise awareness about autism throughout society and to encourage early diagnosis and early intervention.

World Autism Awareness Day shines a bright light on autism as a growing global health crisis.  It is important in other ways as well because Autism care Nepal was also born on this day on 2008. It's our pleasure to announce that Autism Care Nepal is celebrating World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April, 2011, at its premises Gairidhara, Kathmandu, to celebrate its successful completion of third year of service to children with Autism and their family. On the very day following activities will take place:

ACN family would highly appreciate if you could participate in this important annual event and contibute for this noble cause. Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to meeting you at ACN.

A first time workshop on Autism is being held in Kathmandu Nepal, in association with Action for Autism (National Autism Center), New Delhi, India. The workshop is supported by Nepal Paediatric Society and Psychiatric Association Nepal.

Topics covered:
1. Understanding Autism
2. Acceptance
3. Dealing with Sensory Differences
4. Using the principles of ABA to teach
5. Teaching communication to children with ASD
6. Structured Teaching
7. Visual Strategies
8. How to begin to teach concepts
9. ADLs: Toileting and Eating
10. Privacy and Sexual concerns
11. Helping children with autism in the mainstream

Trainers:
Mrs. Merry Barua, Founder, Action for Autism (National Center for Autism, New Delhi, India).
Mrs. Indrani Basu, Trainer and Coordinator, Action for Autism (National Center for Autism, New Delhi, India).

Date: 7th, 8th, 9th October 2010
Time: 10 AM to 4 PM
Venue: DECC, UWTC, Tripureswar.
Register soon, seats are limited.

Dr Vikram Dua, a Child Psychiatrist and Former Medical Director of the British Columbia Autism Assessment and Complex Developmental Behavioural Conditions Networks, Canada; is a well known name at Autism Care Nepal and its members. He has done a lot for its development. Firstly he trained Mrs. Rena Shrestha (psychologist) in ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale) and also provided ADOS kit free to Autism Care Nepal. He organized a lecture at Autism care Nepal on World Autism Awareness day. He also did assessment of more than 25 kids at Autism Care Nepal in 3 days. His wife Mrs Shawna Goodrich Dua and his two children had also accompanied Dr. Dua in his visit to Nepal. After returning to Canada they have organized an India Night; in which they cooked Indian meals, kept silent auction and raised funds for Autism Care Nepal. They have generously donated the entire sum to Autism Care Nepal. Autism Care Nepal, its children and all its members are very thankful for the love and generosity that they have shown.

The July 2010 issue of VOW magazine has published an article called “Every Child is Special Understanding Autism”. The article gives detail about the mothers and family’s journey into an unknown and unprepared world of Autism with their child. It contains stories and interviews of mothers at Autism Care Nepal; Mrs. Kalpana, Mrs. Kripa, Mrs. Sijan, Mrs. Darshana and Mrs. Pramila. It also contains Interviews with Vice- Chair person of ACN, Dr. Sunita Maleku Amatya. The article also exhibits vital information about Autism. You can also see the article by clicking the website below.

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Mrs. Sijan Shakya, a trainer of Mother child programme at ACN has been selected to undergo Diploma training at Action for Autism (AFA), New Delhi, India The Diploma in Special Education (ASD) program run by AFA is recognized by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) and prepares students to qualify as special educators for special schools, and Resource persons in regular as well as integrated set – ups. The duration for the course is one year.

It was a nice pleasure to welcome Mr. Jack Starmer , HealthCare Nepal at Autism Care Nepal on last May 2010. He had recently contributed generously for the development of professionals at ACN. During his visit he met active members of ACN and discussed about the activities and possible development of ACN. He also met with Mothers at ACN and briefly toured the premises of ACN. ACN Secretary Mr. Bidan Shrestha also presented Mr. Starmer with letter of appreciation during his visit.

Venue: Autism Care Nepal
Date: 13th-14th April 2010
Time: 9:30am
Speakers: Lynne Babbington and Elaine Fensom, Senior Portage Home Visitor, UK

Around the world, people with Autism, their parents, other care givers and autism groups are organising events during April in honor of World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD), 2nd April. This year, is the first time that World Autism Awareness day has been celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal. While Shah Rukh Khan’s enactment of a character who has autism in his recent film My Name is Khan and the Zee TV hit Aap Ki Antara have both helped to bring attention to autism, awareness of Autism in Nepal still remains very low.

Celebration at Autism care Nepal of World Autism Awareness Day was started at 10 am with following events.

Events at ACN:

1. Welcome speech by Mr. Bidan Shrestha, Secretary Autism Care Nepal, in which he highlighted World Autism Awareness Day and activities of Autism Care Nepal for past 2 years.
2. Heart touching speech by Dr. Sunita Maleku Amatya, Vice Chairperson Autism Care Nepal, in which she took everyone into a special journey of a family with a child with Autism and what Autism is.
3. Following Dignitaries expressed their views on Autism and Autism Care Nepal
1. Prof. Mr Batuk Prasad Rajbhandari, Chairperson, CP Center and a pioneering person on Disability field in Nepal (Chief Guest)
2. Dr. Vikram Duwa, Child Psychiatrist, Forensic Psychiatrist and Professor at University of British Columbia,
3. Prof. Dr. Edwin van Teijlingen, Professor at University of Bournemouth, UK
4. Dr. Padam Simkhada, Lecturer/ Program Director (International Health) at University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
5. Prof. Dr. Basu Dev Kafle, Head of Special Needs Education, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
6. Mr. Keshar Mohan Bhattarai, Under Secretary, Ministry of Education/ Gov. of Nepal
7. Ms. Nisha Adhikari, a Famous Actress of Nepal and Goodwill Ambassador of Autism Care Nepal.
4. We were also honoured with presence of other dignitaries like:
- Dr. Mark Zimmerman, Executive Director of Nick Simons Institute,
- Dr. Nadeem Suwar, Epidemiologist, University of Cambridge, UK
- Ms. Andrea Lord, Educational Psychologist, The British School
- Mr. Rabin Nepali, Director, SOS
- Mr Nakim Udin, Director, Quest Entertainment Pvt, Ltd
- Children and members of SOS village, Jorpati
5. Inauguration of Day Care Center at ACN by Prof. Mr Batuk Prasad Rajbhandari
6. Felicitation of people and organization who have contributed to Autism Care Nepal
7. Closing speech by Dr. Hem Sagar Baral, Chair Person, Autism Care Nepal.
8. Talk and interaction on Autism by Dr. Vikram Dua from 2pm to 5 pm
 

Presentation on “Autism and Autism Care Nepal” was presented at the XVth Congress of Nepal Pediatric Society by Dr. Sunita Maleku Amatya on 27th March 2010. The event was organized by Nepal Pediatric Society at Annapurna Hotel. More than 150 pediatricians from all over Nepal had participated in the event. Autism Care Nepal also freely distributed, a copies of “Autism Spectrum Disorders, A guide for Pediatricians in India” by Action for Autism, New Delhi, India.

Autism care Nepal is a small organization started by parents of children with Autism on 2 April 2008, the auspicious occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day and it is the only active autism organization in Nepal that is run by passionate parents that care for autistic children. To celebrate World Autism Awareness day and its successful completion of second year of service to children with Autism and their family Autism Care Nepal is organizing a Function on 2nd April 2010, 10 am, at its premises at Gairidhara, Kathmandu Nepal. Many national and international dignitaries have been invited for the celebration. Lets make this celebration a great success. All the members of Autism Care Nepal are invited to attend the celebration.

Dr. Vikram Dua will be talking about Autism at the premises of Autism Care Nepal on 2nd April 2010, 2 pm. All the parents, professionals, teachers are invited to attend the presentation. Please register to participate for the presentation. For Registration contact Miss Palana at Autism Care Nepal.
Dr. Vikram Dua is also conducting clinic at Autism Care Nepal on 3rd and 4th of April 2010. Please register your child in time because only 10 to 15 children will get the appointment. For registration please contact Miss Palana at Autism Care Nepal.


Introduction to Dr. Vikram Dua
Vikram Dua is a child and adolescent and forensic psychiatrist. He completed his medical school training at McMaster University in Hamilton and then went on to do a residency at Harvard Medical School, and a fellowship at the University of Massachusetts. He is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UBC.
Dr. Dua served as the primary research and writer for the Ministry of Health policy paper: Standards and Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Assessment of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. He is the former Medical Director of the BC Autism Assessment and Complex Developmental Behavioural Conditions Networks. He is a member of the Mental Health Commission of Canada – Mental Health and Law Advisory Committee.

All the children and members of Autism Care Nepal would like to Thank Mr. Jack Starmer, HealthCare Nepal, for their recent contribution towards Autism Care Nepal. Autism Care Nepal would also like to thank Dr. Deepak Mahara and Mrs Anju Mahara for their support and initiation for this contribution.

Where there is a will there is a way. This was proved by all the little boys and girls of Adarsha Vidya Mandir Secondary High School, Primary section. They have patiently collected Rs 2/ from all the children every week from their chewing gum pocket money for a period of 1 year and saved Rs 14000/ and have donated it in form of Toys, sensory materials and edibles in a ceremony organized on 10th March 2010. All the children from Autism care Nepal would like to Thank them and Wish them all the best.

Room to Read have generously donated books for the library of Autism Care Nepal. All the children of Autism Care Nepal would like to thank you for your contribution.