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AUTISM AWARENESS FAIR PROVIDES INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND NETWORKING
(Chambersburg, PA) -- About 650 people attended an Autism Awareness Fair that was held on Saturday afternoon, September 22, at Keystone Health Center’s family medicine practice in Chambersburg.
Autism is a complex developmental disability resulting from a problem with the brain that impacts social interaction and communication skills. Because it is a spectrum disorder, it affects each individual differently and to different degrees ranging from very mild to severe.
The goal of Keystone’s Autism Awareness Fair was to provide information, support, and networking to autistic individuals across the autism spectrum and their families while they enjoyed games, music, and food. Twenty-eight local organizations and wrap-around agencies participated.
In addition to the fair, Keystone offered an evening presentation by administrators from the Faison School for Autism at the Autism Center of Virginia. About 75 people listened to Kathy Matthews, Ph.D., Director of Education, and Adam Warman, M.S., Program Coordinator, speak on Principles of Behavior and Transition Planning. A question and answer period followed the presentation.
The event took place with the help of volunteers from Keystone and the community, including Girl Scout Troop 837, Chambersburg Evening Lions Club, and Chambersburg East Mom’s Club, and was funded in part through a grant from the Summit Endowment - Investing in Tomorrow's Community Health.
Keystone Health Center provides high-quality family medicine, internal medicine, pediatric, obstetric, gynecological, cardiac, behavioral, and dental health care and, when needed, social services to anyone in the community including the underserved and vulnerable populations. No one is turned away due to inability to pay. Keystone now operates six full-time primary care practices—Keystone Family Medicine, Keystone Internal Medicine, Keystone Behavioral Health, Keystone Dental Care, Keystone Women's Care, and Franklin County Pediatrics—and a specialty practice, the Franklin County Heart Center with offices in Chambersburg and Waynesboro. Keystone also operates one year-round migrant and seasonal farmworker site in Berks County and one seasonal farmworker site in Adams County. Services to migrant farmworkers are also provided through outreach workers and contracted providers across the Commonwealth.
For more information regarding Keystone Health Center, please visit the website at www.keystonehealth.org. For more information regarding this news release, please contact Dawn Stinson at (717) 217-6002.
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