{"id":19,"date":"2018-10-18T14:20:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T14:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.90.176.110:8081\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2023-02-13T04:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T04:18:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caacedu.org\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Autism Awareness Center (CAAC), established on Nov 24, 2017, is a Federal- registered non-profit organization co-founded by Ms. Suyun Zhu, director of Suzhou Conscience Education Center in China and Ms. Helen, a Canadian Volunteer. Now the center has over fifty volunteers from all walks of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given Chinese cultural background and new immigration status, Chinese autistic families lack sufficient understanding and resources of autism which may lead to mistreatment, delayed treatment, family conflict, and even divorce. CAAC is committed to providing autistic patients and their families with support services from Chinese Communities, including assistance in the treatment, rehabilitation and integration into society, promotion of physical and mental health and improvement of the quality of family life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CAAC offers bi-directional service, helping Chinese autistic families understand all relevant Canadian policies, translating and explaining government benefits. CAAC aims at providing autistic patients and their families with full service in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Services to autistic families include<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\uff1a<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disseminating relevant knowledge;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explaining government policies and helping them apply for applicable benefits;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing training to autistic family members<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishing family archives and carrying out monthly activities;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing support for the specific cases;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporting autistic families\u2019 entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Services to autistic patients include<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\uff1a<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing professional remedial training regularly;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving autistic families with psychological counseling regularly;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizing recreational activities regularly;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishing Art and Sports Club for autistic children.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CAAC has successfully recruited about fifty volunteers of diverse background in the fields of psychology, finance, education, etc., since its establishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our volunteers dedicate their love in a variety of ways, including collecting useful information online, collating documents at home, communicating with government officials, and planning activities. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up to now,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CAAC has successfully held several family meetings, training and giving advice to autistic families in terms of music, nutrition, relevant government policies and application for child and family fundings. During Covid-19 Pandemic, from 2020 to 2022, CAAC did not organize in person meeting or activities, But CAAC still organized some online seminars, invited experienced experts to interact with members in need on the online platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We expect to build an assistance platform for autistic families where decompression, support, and guidance could be found. CAAC will provide a package service of discovering and treating, rehabilitation training and growth at different stages, education and integration into society, self-reliance and solving the endowment problem in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2023, under the guidance of three enthusiastic parents, Helen Guan, Susan Lin and Sunny Lin, CAAC will continue to go forward. Welcome people of insight from all walks of life to join in CAAC<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\uff01<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Autism Awareness Center (CAAC), established on Nov 24, 2017, is a Federal- registered non-profit organization co-founded by Ms. Suyun Zhu, director of Suzhou Conscience Education Center in China and Ms. Helen, a Canadian Volunteer. Now the center has over fifty volunteers from all walks of life. 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