It was registered as ASD Welfare Trust in 2016. Vision:
Awareness and support for people with ASD
Objectives:
--To create a critical mass of teachers, parents, care-givers and other resource persons in the field of ASD
--To develop core groups in cities, towns and villages who can guide families in accessing services for diagnosis, assessment and training
--To sensitize government agencies and service providers through awareness campaigns and training programmes
--To involve civil society, students, volunteers and community based organizations for extending support and assistance to persons with ASD
--To create networks with like-minded NGOs, institutions and social media groups
--To tap national and international donor agencies and business houses to contribute to the effort by providing funding, subject experts, technology support, education and training materials, capacity building and other institutional and infrastructural requirements
Strategy:
--To organize seminars and conferences to create awareness about ASD in Pakistan
--To arrange training workshops for teachers of special and mainstream schools
--To arrange training workshops for parents, families and care-givers
--To guide parents, families, care-givers and teachers in management techniques
--To facilitate meetings between parents and professionals in the field
--To create awareness about ASD through electronic, print and social media
--To sensitize and train law-enforcing agencies and other service delivery organizations for assisting persons with ASD
--To tap resources of knowledge, research, technology and expertise available in other countries for the benefit of persons with ASD in Pakistan
