Autism Society of San Francisco Bay Area

Building a Stronger Bay Area Autism Community

In Memory

Feda Fund

Help celebrate the life and legacy of our beloved Feda!

A fierce advocate for the Autism community, our former Vice President—Feda Almaliti—threw herself tirelessly into creating fun activities for Bay Area autism families.

We honor her memory with the #FedaFund—a fund dedicated to the activities that Feda loved most—the activities that we all so dearly need.

Read more about Feda’s extraordinary life here.

Stay Informed

2020 Conference Sessions

Conference sessions are now available to be viewed online! Look through the recordings on the conference page.

Did you miss the conference? Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter so you won't miss next year's!

Community Events Calendar

Regional Center Services During the Coronavirus Crisis: Recording

Our June 3 webinar featured Nancy Bargmann, Director of DDS and DDS staff to discuss regional center supports during this time.
Watch the recording here
Notes:
DDS coronavirus resources: https://www.dds.ca.gov/corona-virus-information-and-resources/

Email address to DDS for questions related to COVID-19: DDSC19@dds.ca.gov

Office of Clients Rights Advocates: https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/what-we-do/programs/office-of-clients-rights-advocacy-ocra

Contact Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area: info@sfautismsociety.org

Autism Adulthood Checklist

Our popular all-in-one-place guide to the myriad legal, financial, and planning steps parents need to consider as their autistic/DD children age into adulthood.

Spanish version, En Español here
Vietnamese version here
Tagalog version, Sa Tagalog here
Chinese (Traditional) version here

Bay Area Autism Nonprofit Guide

Spotlight On:

Proposition 19 and Planning for a Loved One with a Disability

Get informed:

Part 1: Parent-Child Transfer Rules - operative February 16, 2021: Video.

Part 2: Portability of Property Tax Base - operative April 1, 2021: Video.

Part 3: Planning Issues with a Special Needs Trust: Video.

Need to Get Away?

San Jose International Airport has launched a new program to make it easier for passengers with disabilities to travel. They're providing free sunflower lanyards to those with less visible disabilities (and their traveling companions) who want a way to signal a need for greater assistance as they travel.

Find the details of their Sunflower Lanyard Program here. Safe travels!

Community Events

CORONAVIRUS
CALENDAR & RESOURCES
Webinars, online events, and links to resources

SFASA Pool Parties

Please find updates here

SUPPORT GROUPS

Looking to meet new friends or connect with other parents?
Check out our Support and Networking Groups page for online and in-person groups near you!

SFASA Coronavirus Crisis Mini-Grant Program

The application period is closed and we are not accepting new applications at this time. Watch this space or sign up for our emails (below) for updates.

For Applicants: Grant recipients are chosen at random from qualifying applications at the close of an application period. You will be contacted if your name is provisionally selected to receive a grant.

SFASA Calls For Statewide Autism Reporting Program

SFASA has written to the California Department of Public Health seeking the initiation of a statewide autism reporting program.
Autism rates in the state continue to skyrocket, yet the state lacks any meaningful way to report on these critical trends to the public or policymakers.
Read our letter here.

The conference took place November 16, 2019 at Li Ka Shing Center, Stanford University. It aimed at the pragmatic informational needs of parents, caregivers and professionals who have the responsibility to support and help make plans for teens and adults with autism or related developmental disabilities, and featured more than 50 speakers, 450+ attendees, information tables and sponsor tables.
Please see our conference archives.

Community Announcement

Dental Care
Low-cost & CDC-compliant

Contact Jamie: 925-348-5333

Diablo Valley College provides low cost, high quality dental cleanings to the surrounding community. As this is a teaching clinic, students enrolled in our Dental Hygiene and Assisting Programs will be conducting the evaluations and cleanings.

An initial evaluation of your teeth will be required before you can schedule a teeth cleaning. This initial evaluation will take about one hour, and is a good way to understand the health of your teeth. However, this does not take the place of a dental exam conducted by a licensed dentist.

After your initial evaluation, you will know if you qualify to be a teaching patient for our dental students.

Remembering Feda

It is with great sorrow that we inform the community that in the early hours of Saturday, September 26, 2020, Feda Almaliti, Vice President of the San Francisco Bay Area Autism Society, VP of the National Council for Severe Autism, fearless advocate, devoted mother, irrepressible friend, and tireless advocate for ASD families was lost in a tragic, accidental fire at the family home. Her son Mu, found cradled in his mother’s loving embrace, also perished in the fire...

Continue reading here.