Autism Light: Darlene Borre
Today’s Autism Light is Darlene Borre.
Darlene Borre is from Manchester, Connecticut. Her son Ben is in 4th grade and has autism. Darlene Borre is a former attorney and presently works from home as a claims adjuster. Darlene Borre is the co-founder of All Seasons Community (All Seasons Academy), a nonprofit with the mission to build capacity to be able to supply housing needs for adults with autism in the West Hartford, Connecticut area. Darlene Borre is an Autism Light because of her fundraising efforts on behalf of families with autism.
Motivated by her own experiences as a mother of a son with autism, Darlene’s immediate goal for All Seasons Community is to raise funds to give free ‘sensory home makeovers’ for families with children with autism. Darlene Borre wrote this about her fundraising passion:
I have a job, so if we have to get an indoor swing, I’ll get an indoor swing. But not everyone can afford it, or even know that they need it (Source).On Saturday, October 29, 2011, All Seasons Community, will hold its first Harvest fundraiser to raise funds for these ‘sensory home makeovers’. It will be held at the following location.
The event will be a catered meal from 6 to 9 p.m. and will include a Silent Auction. Admission is only $20. If you are in the West Hartford, Connecticut area please consider participating in this event.
If you would like to nominate a family for the home makeover send their name to Hartford Courant Article on Oct. 25, 2011
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All parents have unique stresses as the result of raising children, but what is being done to help parents cope?
My name is Crystal Lee, and I am a doctoral student in clinical psychology at Baylor University. For my dissertation I am studying stress and ways of coping with stress in parents. My hope is to use the data from my dissertation to create an effective way to help parents cope with stress.
I am looking for parents of children ages 5-12 in three categories:
1. Parents of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
2. Parents of children with Type 1 Diabetes
3. Parents of children with no diagnoses
If you meet the above criteria, please take this survey, which takes 30-45 minutes to complete: https://baylor.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0GJF7ldjuBwBWEk
If you do not meet the above criteria, please consider forwarding the survey to any parents you know that fit the above criteria.
People who complete the survey can participate in a drawing for one of three $50 giftcards to Amazon.com. Additionally, people who refer others to the survey get their name added into the drawing for each person they refer.
Thank you for your time and help,
Crystal Lee, M.S.
Doctoral Student
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Baylor University