Assist South Asian families impacted by autism in the GTARohan George

Raising a child with a mental disability is a challenging endeavor. Raising a child with a mental disability in a foreign land in a culture that shuns such disabilities is an even more challenging one. Our project "Let's Grow Together" is a coordinated response to the dire need for more intervention in South Asian families impacted by autism. While providing life altering therapies for the children we plan to simultaneously support parents in learning English, connect with resources in the community and bring awareness to the community at large so that these children will have a brighter future. We are targetting the South Asian community because there has been an observed need for more intervention, however, we do not discriminate against other races to assist them. Through the therapies we will provide we hope to encourage independence in the children we work with, leadership skills in the volunteers that are working with them and awareness in the community at large to dispel myths.