GRASP

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

The largest peer-run organization of adults diagnosed along the autism spectrum in the world