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The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and those who work alongside them to improve mutual understanding. We approach the social impairment in ASD as a shared impairment. We work to improve social understanding on both sides of the social equation, helping individuals with ASD to communicate and interact more successfully with the people with whom they live and work.

It is because of your support that The Gray Center is able to provide free e-mail and phone support to parents and professionals around the world! Your involvement also enables us to provide valuable services such as parent, young adult, and community networks, social coaching, girls' groups and boys' groups, workshops, and conferences. You have also enabled us to add helpful resources to our bookstore and library, and to continue to develop our web site as a place for information and support.

Thank you for your support!

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED RESOURCE:

Caring for Myself (hardcover)  Product ID: GAS01 By Christy Gast and Jane Krug (two of The Gray Center's own staff members!) For a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), even everyday activities like brushing your teeth, washing your hands or visiting the doctor can cause anxiety and stress because of the sensory, cognitive and communication impairments they experience. Caring for Myself is an entertaining and educational social skills storybook that will help children with ASDs to understand importance of taking care of their bodies. Fully illustrated with colour photographs, it sets out fun, simple steps that explain what caring for yourself actually involves - how you can do it, where it is done why it is important. At the end of each story is a handy 'Pause for thought' page for parents which offers tips and strategies to help a child with each activity. This charming book will be much loved by children with ASD and will enable them and their parents to cope with the daily activities that can be such a challenge. More... Retail Price: $19.95 [Add to Wishlist]

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You may also fax your orders to us at 616-954-9749, or visit our office/bookstore in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at 4123 Embassy Dr.. (Click here for a map). Our new Lakeshore office in Zeeland, Michigan also has a bookstore. Click here for more details.