Todd and I have been lucky. Thus far we've been able to afford everything Riley needs. Knowing interventions for autism were available, hearing that time clock tick, knowing windows of opportunity to help our child were shrinking, and being unable to afford bio-med treatments? I would have gone out of my freaking mind.
Lend 4 Health provides interest-free micro-loans for the biomedical treatment of people with autism. Leave it to those in the autism community to come up with a way to circumvent the fact medical insurance doesn't cover our kids! Screw 'em! We'll find our own way.
For those who see autism all around and don't know how they can help, this is an easy way to do something. A couple of clicks and you're on your way. As we saw with Riley's service dog effort, collective efforts add up quickly, and make a huge difference in the lives of those living with autism.
Next time you see someone with autism and wish you could help, consider making a loan to Lend 4 Health.
I'll conveniently leave it on my blog roll, so you can find it any old time you want, okay?
9 comments:
What a great idea!
VERY cool! Kinda like the Kiva.org site I love so much... but better!
That's so cool it makes me cry.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'll let Tori know that you posted this.. she'll get a kick out of it..
(and yes, Tori took the Kiva.org idea and improved it..)
Michelle O'Neil, you are incredible. Thanks for doing this for all the kids now on and soon to be on L4H. And more specifically, thanks from us, a family who uses Lend4Health to help pay for our son's treatments.
Much love!
:-)
This site is one of the best feel good sites. Tori keeps lenders posted about the kids that are being helped. Reading the parents reactions to strangers help is so heartwarming. A small loan goes a very long way
Nice! Thanks for the resource!
I read your comment on JER's blog: Look Me In The Eye & really appreciated its message...
("Aspergers = not a brat.
People are so much more compassionate when they have a label to work with. And my daughter is MOST DEFINITLY not a brat.")
I am married to a man with AS & have a 6 yo son with it, too. I loved your comment & hope you don't have a trademark on it, as I am so using that in the near future.... as unfortunate as it is, people DO work better with a 'label'.
Thanks for your perspective, once again!
Kelly K.
VA
http://learningaspergian.blogspot.com
You are a very good person, and you make the world a better place.
:)
Going completely and utterly off topic here, as I'm in need of stealing the phrase
"Asperger's = not a brat"
Was informed today that my sweet, caring, extremely emphatic boy has been 'acting like he's better than everybody else' and 'showing off to the other students' for over a week.
First - why wait for an entire week to bring this to my attention.
Second - what's described here is so utterly and completely out of character, it's not even funny.
Of course there's more to this, that I now have to go ferret out.
But the judgement has already been made. "Weighed, measured and found wanting"..
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