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Organization Name: GRASP, the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Support Group
Address: 666 Broadway, 8 th floor, New York , NY 10012
Phone Number: 646.242.4003
Fax Number: 212.596.9996
Website: www.grasp.org
Email: info@grasp.org
Executive Director: Michael John Carley
Service Description: Support, Education, Advocacy
Membership Fees: None
Eligibility Requirements: None
Area Served: Nationally, seeking worldwide
Schedule: 24/7 online
Services Offered: Support, Education, Advocacy
Fundraisers: One is done for each Regional Network annually, and two are done each year by the National office, including our award diner
Support Groups: Many. Check website for current locations
Notes: The largest peer-run organization of adults diagnosed along the autism spectrum in the world
Slogan: People want to be known for what they can do-not what they can't do

We, having been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome or High-Functioning Autism, and noting the steady increase in our own population, do hereby affirm our responsibility to serve not just ourselves as a community, but all of society and the world. To this end we will work

. To increase public awareness of Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism

. To provide those with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism with a mutually-supportive community that is both comforting and challenging to one another

. To teach ourselves, through education and understanding, to maximize the talents brought on by our condition; to harness the unique capabilities and celebrate the accomplishments inherent in our community

. To teach ourselves, through education and understanding, to minimize the damage brought on by our condition; to reduce the harm caused when our behavior diverges from non-autistic norms

. To become a national, and eventually, international force for change in improving the lives of those with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism