AUTISM CHILDREN AND ADULTS GOING HOMELESS ON LONG ISLAND

....AUTISM CHILDREN AND ADULTS GOING HOMELESS ON LONG ISLAND. NOT ENOUGH HOUSING IN REGION TO TREAT THOSE WITH AUTISM. CHILDREN ARE BEING SHIPPED AWAY TO OTHER STATES. NO HEALTH BENEFITS CAUSING BANKRUPTCY, COUNTY AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO INVESTIGATE, MAJOR LI PROTEST & PRESS CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY SEPT 29th

COUNTY EXECUTIVE SUOZZI AND CONGRESSWOMAN McCARTHY JOINS ALMOST 500 OUTRAGED PARENTS AND 30 AUTISM ADVOCACY GROUPS AND LEADERS IN MAJOR PROTEST FOR AUTISM REFORM AS THEIRS NOT ENOUGH HOUSING ON LONG ISLAND FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM, DISABLED CHILDREN ARE BEING SHIPPED OFF LONG ISLAND. THOUSANDS OF LOCAL FAMILIES ARE GOING INTO BANKRUPTCY AND FORECLOSURE CAUSING CRISIS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi , United States Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy and Officials from Autism Speaks will join with almost 500 outraged parents and over 30 autism group organization advocates and leaders in a major protest and rally on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 11:30am at Adelphi University to call for housing on Long Island and Autism Reform in the State of New York . Children with autism are going homeless. There is not enough housing on Long Island for adults and children with autism. They are being shipped out of State and away from the region. Local families are also going bankrupted and loosing their homes due to the high cost associated with care of a child with autism. It can cost a family over 50,000 to provide proper health and medical care for children diagnosed with autism.

Approximately one in every 150 children in the United States has autism or a closely related disorder. Autism is one of the top 10 neurobiological disorders — and the only one for which insurance companies refuse to cover the cost of treatment and medical care. Recently, the states of Texas, Pennslyvania. Arizona, Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana passed autism reform legislation. Long Island also has a has a autism housing shortage. There are not enough residential facilities in the region causing children to be hundreds of miles from home and costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

WHEN: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009, 11:30 am

WHERE: ADELPHI UNIVERSITY , GARDEN CITY

RUTH S. HARTLEY UNIVERSITY CENTER ,

SECOND FLOOR,BALLROOM 201

Contact Dianne Cahill

631-612-8884

AUTISM COALITION OF NASSAU COUNTY

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ELTON JOHN CHILD ADOPTION DENIED!!!

Elton John has been denied the opportunity to able to adopt a 14-month-old HIV-positive child from Ukraine because the pop star is too old and isn't married. John met the young boy named "Lev" while touring the orphanage during a charity AIDS event. John and his partner expressed interest in adopting the young child after the encounter.

Ukrainian law requires a parent to be no more than 45 years older than an adopted child and a couple must be married. John and his partner married in Britain in 2005 but Ukraine does not recognize gay unions as marriage. Ukraine is very supportive and appreciative of John's work and hopes that his interest in adoption will cause more people to take interest.

"Ukrainians are still reluctant to adopt ill, psychologically challenged children or those older than 10. Pavlenko said that only about 30 HIV-positive children have been adopted since 2007. About 32,000 Ukrainian orphans are waiting to be adopted this year, but only 2,000 Ukrainian families are lined to adopt them".

(associatepress)

LOHANS MAKE DJ DEBUT IN NYC AND TO ANNOUNCE NATION'S FIRST BRICK BREAKER CONTEST

NEW YORK, NY – LINDSAY’S LOHANS MOST LOVED DJ’s, HER YOUNGEST SISTER AND BROTHER, ALI AND CODY, WILL BE MAKING THEIR DJ DEBUT IN MANHATTAN TOMORROW JULY 30TH-12NOON AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING THE NATION’S FIRST BLACKBERRY BRICK BREAKER CONTEST AND MANHATTAN’S NEWEST CLUB FOR YOUNG ADULTS . THE Z-COM WIRELESS STORE IN MIDTOWN WILL BE CONVERTED TO A NEW LOUNGE FOR TEENAGERS.

DJ AC AKA ALI AND CODY LOHAN WILL BE MAKING ABOUT A HUNDRED APPEARANCES AS WELL AS SPINNING AND MIXING FOR THOUSANDS OF TEENS AT Z-COM WIRELESS STORES ACROSS THE NATION. WORLD RENOWNED DJ VIC LATINO WILL BE SHOWING THE YOUNG LOHANS SOME MOVES AT THE TURNTABLE DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

PARTY 105’s SUMMER JAM WILL ALSO BE ANNOUNCED IN WHICH THE LOHANS WILL BE SPINNING WITH OVER 25 OF THE NATIONS HOTTEST TOP MUSICAL ACTS, HOSTED BY HULK HOGAN ON LONG ISLAND NEXT MONTH. THE EVENT WILL BENEFIT FEEDING THE REGION’S HOMELESS.