Update: We didn’t win the Peet’s Coffee “Do A Good Thing” Photo Contest but this photo is still awesome!. We’ve submitted the photo above from our Sacramento Chapter to illustrate how laughter with friends isn’t a given for people with Asperger’s and High Functioning Autism, but they can experience that good feeling at ASAP. Now [...]
UPDATE: Alexis now has an Etsy Shop! It’s called Allure by Alexis. Check it out! You can fan her Facebook Page, too. E: “So may I have your name and age?” A: “My name is Alexis Jordan Viola, and I am 20 years old.” E: “ And how did you find out about ASAP?” A: [...]
Meet ASAP at the annual Kids Swap Meet this Saturday, Nov. 12., from 8AM to noon at the Thousand Oaks Community Center, 2525 N. Moorpark Rd. We’ll be at space number 44 with fun stuff to sell! Get there by 9AM with donated used or new toys, games or DVDs and we’ll let you pick [...]
It’s hard to believe, but ASAP held its first gathering at a Camarillo Starbucks 5 years ago this month! And on Friday, Sept. 30, we’ll be celebrating our 5th anniversary at the place that’s been our get-together spot for most of those 5 years — the Proverbs Coffee House! Celebration time is 7 to 9:15PM [...]
Thanks to Natt Alschuler, ASAP parent and Karate master, ASAP teens and young adults will be able to participate in a FREE fitness/kickboxing social class! First class is offered this Saturday, August 27 from 11:30am to 12:30pm in Thousand Oaks. Master Alschuler approached Master Tom Bloom, of Tom Bloom Karate World Martial Arts in Thousand [...]
ASAP, Asperger’s Social Support organization, is expanding by leaps and bounds! We are adding new groups around Ventura County and two groups in the Sacramento area and I’m sure there are more to come! I can’t be at every meeting — we now have seven monthly meetings plus outside activities — so I’ve found ASAP [...]
After a lot of interviews, questions and photographs, the Ventura County Star published an uplifting article about our ASAP social support group today. Read the article HERE. Thanks to everyone who agreed to talk to the reporter and to all of you who continue to show such wonderful support for our organization. Now it’s time [...]
“Touching the Arts,” a unique, curated annual art show at the Proverbs Coffee House in Camarillo, (71 Loma Dr, MAP) opens Saturday, June 4 and ASAP will be at the opening with jewelry artisans Alexis Viola and Jonell Johnson. The show, which runs Fridays and Saturdays, June 4 – 18, 1 to 4pm, is aimed [...]
Are you a young adult with Asperger’s living in the Sacramento-area? Well, we’ve got a social support group for you! ASAP is starting a chapter in Antelope, CA, a community right outside the state capitol. Spencer Griffin, currently an American River College student who loves music, was a regular at the ASAP meetings in the [...]
Whether you have Asperger’s, High-Functioning Autism or PDD-NOS, if you’re older than your mid-twenties, chances are you haven’t found much social support. ASAP is about to change that. Starting this summer, perhaps even earlier, we’ll be starting a social support group for people with Asperger’s ages 30+. Meet your peers on the Spectrum for talking, [...]
