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Dear Friends and Family of AutismSupportNow,

As you well know, living with autism can be very challenging not only for you but to your families as well. This organization was built with a view to helping you and your families to live up to this challenge by linking you up with people who share similar experiences and have succeeded in maintaining a positive outlook!

Explore more how our community had helped members face the…

In the water, Hunter Develice looks just like other competitive swimmers. He is fast, he can hold his own against opponents, and even lap many of them. His kicks and turns are precise. His long distance swimming is quite exceptional and it made him win Fun du Lac swimming team’s first medal of the year in the 400 meter race. But unknown to those who see him compete, Hunter has autism. He was diagnosed at the age of four. Some believe that he should just be in a recreational swimming club or…

Autism Survivors, Friends and Family,

As we begin a brand new year, envigorated with greater joy and compassion, we renewed our greater commitments to our community. BensFriends grew tremendously in the past three years, and we want to take this moment both to thank you and to make a promise to continue fulfill our mission: to ensure that everyone in the world with a rare disease has a safe place to go and connect with others like…

For many children with autism, visiting malls to see Santa can be unbearable. But it does not mean that they cannot share the same happy holiday moments everybody has. With people like Ray Lepak, the holiday season is merrier for everybody.



Ray, of West Hartford, CT, is the 69-year old granddad of a boy who has autism. He sees how difficult, and in fact impossible, it is for parents of children with autism to get a snap of their children with Santa.



Many children with this…