Washington Autism Alliance - WAA

11/21/2025

Don’t forget to include Washington Autism Alliance in your end of year giving plans! 🩵

11/19/2025

Last month, we celebrated National Disability Employment Awareness Month with a fantastic Lunch and Learn about Neurodiversity and Employment. Our first presenter, Dr. Abbey George, PH.D., BCBA-D, started off with a great reminder that employment is for everyone!

11/17/2025

Join us for our next two "Supporting Parents of High-Masking Autistic Students" group sessions, which will focus on Pathological Demand Avoidance/Pervasive Drive for Autonomy (PDA). Part One will take place on December 8th, and Part Two will take place on January 12th!

Part 1 Registration: https://washingtonautismalliance.org/events/supporting-parents-of-autism-spa-120825/?occurrence=2025-12-08

Part 2 Registration: https://washingtonautismalliance.org/events/supporting-parents-of-autism-spa-011226/?occurrence=2026-01-12

11/16/2025

We’re thrilled to receive a grant from the CLA Foundation! This funding will go a long way in helping us provide vital special education coaching and training to families. Thank you to everyone at CLA for your generosity! For more details, visit

From our CLA Foundation to community engagement, we aim to impact our communities through education, employment, and entrepreneurship.

11/08/2025

A witch, a cat, and Glinda, oh my! Some team highlights from Halloween weekend! What did you and your family dress up as?

10/31/2025

🤎🤎Our "June 23rd" campaign has launched! PLEASE share this new flyer widely and share our Find Jonathan TikTok videos (https://www.tiktok.com/tag/jonathanhoang) or better yet, make your own and tag us! We're starting a "Kirkland, we need your help" trend and we'd love your help in spreading the word! 🙏🤎🤎

10/31/2025

As we wrap up Microsoft Giving Season, we want to give a heartfelt thank you to all the employees who volunteered, fundraised, and donated to Washington Autism Alliance! From in-person and virtual birthday card making sessions to Zumba classes, Microsoft employees showed up to help us with our mission of supporting people with autism and their families in Washington. We are so grateful for their support!

10/30/2025

Join us on November 10th for our next Supporting Parents of High-Masking Autistic Students, where we will be leading a discussion on what "Autism Levels" really mean and how understanding them can help parents/guardians advocate for their student's needs! https://washingtonautismalliance.org/events/supporting-parents-of-autism-spa-111025/?occurrence=2025-11-10

10/28/2025

With Halloween just a few days away, here are some ideas for making the evening fun and safe for everyone!
📍Plan your route ahead of time! This allows you to identify any factors that might cause obstacles and potential escape routes if your trick-or-treater becomes too overwhelmed. Walking this route together also helps set expectations!
🏠 Talking to your neighbors can help you determine which homes might be too overstimulating to trick-or-treat at. It also allows you to provide the people in your neighborhood a heads-up about your trick-or-treaters' needs.
💙 Reminders for community members: Some trick-or-treaters might look older than you would expect, but you should still treat them with the same level of kindness and enthusiasm! Some people might not be able to say "trick-or-treat" or "thank you". Still give them candy and a smile!

10/20/2025

Things that everyone might benefit from today. Go M's! ⚾

10/17/2025

"Washington remains steady. Services for students with disabilities will continue." We are grateful for the commitment to providing students with the support they need to thrive, and we are hopeful that the temporary blockage of these layoffs will mitigate the negative impact on our students. Please continue to make your voices heard! https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-layoffs-trump-unions-b312b3ca77cbdbc72e778ece3b2cbffcwe