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On March 26, 2015, Dennis Debbaudt for the third year provided NAA NYM-sponsored autism training to NYPD sergeants and others.  Mr. Debbaudt, of Autism Risk Management,  is a global leader in providing autism training for law enforcement, emergency responders, and other first responders.  This year’s training was held at the newly opened NYPD Police Academy […]

Our President, Kim Mack Rosenberg, had the opportunity recently to try out the full-spectrum saunas made by Sunlighten, a sponsor of our national parent, the National Autism Association. She blogged about it at her own blog – check it out!

Living the difficult reality of autoimmune diseases becomes even more daunting in face of the barrage of information about their causes and treatments. But at a groundbreaking presentation for NAA NY Metro Chapter in collaboration with Beth Israel Medical Center’s Division of Developmental Pediatrics on April 7, 2011, Dr. Sidney Baker provided a unique perspective, […]

The NAA NY Metro Chapter’s representative along with other autism advocates and activist had a private meeting with N.Y. State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, who chairs the Assembly Health Committee. The meeting was held on 4/17/2011 at the district office of the assemblyman. Those joining in this meeting included John Gilmore, Exec. Director of Autism Action […]

We love to support the companies that support the NAA-NY Metro Chapter! Here are the companies that are sponsors of our first ever bowl-a-thon. Transperfect: The leader in global language and business services A group of companies that provide global business services in over 100 languages. Headquartered in New York with offices in over 50 […]

David Kirby with Gayle DeLong,Katie Wright, and Mattias April 27, 2010. As always, David Kirby mesmerized the audience with his talk. David spoke about autism, animal farming, how the two intersect, and the relationship of animal farming to autism. David is an amazing speaker! Read this book – you will rethink everything you eat – […]

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As the flu season is upon us, I want to share our family’s terrible experience with the nasal FluMist so that hopefully other children and families can be spared from a similar nightmare. Last year we gave our 4.5 year old son the new nasal FluMist which is being marketed aggressively to young children as […]