Forum For Autism
Forum For Autism [FFA] is a public trust formed in 2001, registered as a Public Trust and society as a parent body to empathize with each other, understand their concerns and anxiety, fight the common cause. The primary aim of FFA as spelt out in the Memorandum are is to improve facilities for diagnosis, education, training and rehabilitation of persons with AARDD, and for this purpose, to undertake various activities. FFA is of the firm belief that the medical community hasnāt developed enough in the advent of autism in children and the diagnosis and treatment of the disorder remains by and large ātrial and errorā. This results in late detection and delayed intervention resulting in loss of precious time for rehabilitation. Further, new parents tend to be indifferent to the methods of diagnosis and education and rely overly on the conventional methods without much success. It is therefore extremely important that the parents are educated about this disorder and provided facilities and guidance to intervene in the life of the children quite early so that appreciable results are witnessed. FFA runs a library with books on Autism and related disorders. Today, this library is equipped with over 500 books authored by therapists and professionals in the area of autism, related disorders, slow learning and mentally retardation. The trust also has an educational and technical toy library. New parent counseling and educating them has become a crucial activity, which the institution has been actively pursuing. Counselling young parents by sharing their woes, educating them understand the severity of the disorder and providing them guidance on the therapies available and the methods of rehabilitation.
Mumbai,
Maharashtra,
India
42, Garden Rd, Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001
Autism Forums
