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Autism Task Force

Department of Public Welfare
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Autism Task Force
Final Report
December 2004
Office of the Secretary
Room 333, Health and Welfare Building
PO Box 2675
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105

All 12 subcommittees of the Autism Task Force have researched information and synthesized subcommittee reports which follow for your review. You can view a subcommittee report by selecting a specific subcommittee report title and clicking on it with your mouse cursor. After reading any or all of the reports, please let us know what you think of them by clicking on the *Comments* button and filling in your comments, suggestions, and opinions in the e-mail box that appears on your screen. Then submit your comments by clicking on the submit button. Thank you for taking the time to review the Autism Task Force Final Report (December 2004) and sharing your thoughts with us. Please rest assured that we will process and review all of the comments we receive.*

Executive Summary: This summary provides a synthesis of the twelve subcommittee reports.
01. Family and Social Issues Subcommmittee Report: Family and Social Issues
02. Education and Certification Subcommittee Report: Education and Certification
03. Information and Advocacy Subcommittee Report: Autism Taskforce report for the Information and Advocacy subcommittee.
04. Rural Issues Subcommittee Report: Autism Taskforc report for the Rural Issues Subcommittee.
05. Research Subcommittee Report: Autism Taskforce report for the Research subcommittee.
06. Funding Streams Subcommittee Report: Autism Taskforce report for the Funding Streams Subcommittee.
07. Medicaid Waiver: Developing a Medicaid Waiver
08. Early Intervention Subcommittee Report: The Pennsylvania Autism Taskforce EI-Subcommittee Report Outline Screening, Diagnosis, Referral and Intervention
09. Needs of Children Subcommittee Report: Autism taskforce subcommittee, Needs of Children, ages 6 through 12, December 2004.
10. Needs of Adolescents Subcommittee Report: Autism Taskforce report for the Needs of Adolescents, ages 13-18 subcommittee.
11. Transition to Adulthood Subcommittee Report: Autism Taskforce report for the Transition to Adulthood subcommittee. This also includes vocational training and support.
12. Needs of Adults ( Ages 21 and Older): Needs of Adults ( Ages 21 and Older)
Autism Task Force - Abbreviations and Acronyms List: This table contains an alphabetical compilation of many of the abbreviations, acronyms, and corresponding meanings, which are found in the subcommittee reports.
Autism Task Force - Public Comments: Autism Task Force - Public Comments
Autism Task Force Feedback Form: Please use this form to send any comments you may have concerning the Autism Task Force Subcommittee reports.

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Autism Task Force