Seattle Children's Autism Center

11/01/2025

Just three weeks to go! 🎄✨We’re so grateful to the amazing Seattle Festival of Trees team and to our generous sponsors for their continued support and commitment to Seattle Children’s Autism Center.

Only 3 weeks from tonight! Don’t miss the best event of the holiday season in Seattle! The 48th Annual Festival of Trees Gala is on November 22, 2025 at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Help children and families at Seattle Children's Autism Center and Uncompensated Care. Last year's event sold out early, so get your tickets to reserve your place. https://seattlefestivaloftrees.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/48thFestivalofTreesAnnualGala/Tickets/tabid/1523884/Default.aspx

10/31/2025

🎃 Help kids communicate with confidence this Halloween!

Our Lead Speech Language Pathologist, Kelleen Dunley, created special Halloween-themed AAC cards to help children who have difficulty communicating verbally join in the fun of trick-or-treating. These cards include simple prompts like “Trick or Treat!” and “Thank you!” so kids can express themselves with confidence and joy.

AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) tools support or replace speech to help everyone share their voice in meaningful ways.

Download the cards at: https://bit.ly/AACHalloweenCards

Download the cards here:http://depts.washington.edu/uwautism/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Halloween-Cards.pdf

10/28/2025

The Informing Families Fall Newsletter 2025 is here! Read below to learn more about Best Buddies Washington, Reimagine DSHS, Updates to the Informing Families newsletter, and more! To read the online PDF visit https://www.informingfamilies.org/post/informing-families-fall-2025-newsletter

10/28/2025

⚠️ IMPORTANT UPDATE! The USDA has announced that November SNAP benefits will not be paid to nearly 900,000 Washingtonians who rely on them. ⚠️

We're sharing here some critical resources and guidance for families whose food access is at risk:

Find Support:
🥕 Emergency Food Network: efoodnet.org/find-food
🍎 Hunger Free Washington: hungerfreewa.org
🥫 Find a Little Free Pantry in your neighborhood: thelittlefreepantries.org
🧅 Food LifeLine Food Map: https://foodlifeline.org/find-food
☎️ Call 2-1-1 or visit 211.org
🛒 S**O Community Market - 1915 4th Ave S (closed Tuesdays) https://www.northwestharvest.org/our-work/community-programs/sodo-community-market/
🍞 Seattle Food Committee: https://www.seattlefoodcommittee.org/
🥪 Check with your local churches and community organizations, Like Community Dinners (communitydinners.com/gatherings), that may be hosting food drives, serving meals, or providing food assistance

Plan Ahead this Week:
💡 Start meal planning now and take inventory of the foods you currently have.
💡With remaining October food benefits, prioritize shelf-stable, bulk, and low-cost items. * Note that any unused benefits will roll over and only expire after 274 days of EBT card inactivity.

Use Additional SNAP Programs:

If you have a remaining balance on your EBT card, you can participate in the following SNAP programs to receive additional benefits for fresh fruits & vegetables:

🍐 SNAP Produce Match - buy $10 of fresh, frozen, or canned fruits and vegetables with your EBT card at participating grocery stores and receive a $5 produce coupon: https://doh.wa.gov/you-and-your-family/nutrition-and-physical-activity/healthy-eating/snap-match-programs/snap-produce-match

💵 SNAP Market Match - visit a participating farmers market or farm stand to receive SNAP Market Match dollars. Simply visit the information booth and swipe your EBT card for the amount you’d like to spend. Participating markets will match $25 or more per day in Market Match dollars for you to spend on produce: https://doh.wa.gov/you-and-your-family/nutrition-and-physical-activity/healthy-eating/snap-match-programs/snap-market-match

⚕️ Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program - The Washington State Department of Health’s Fruit and Vegetable Prescription (FV Rx) Program works with health care centers in Washington to prescribe fruits and vegetables to patients who are food insecure. Patients receive paper vouchers valued at $250-$500 over six months, redeemable at Safeway stores. Find out if you qualify: https://doh.wa.gov/public-health-provider-resources/public-health-system-resources-and-services/funding/fruit-and-vegetable-incentives-program/fruit-and-vegetable-prescription-program

If you have any unused benefits from any of these programs, you can still redeem them during the month of November.

10/27/2025

🎃 Halloween Event Photos Are Here!

We’re so excited to share the photos from our Halloween event last weekend! 👻🎃

You can view and download them using the link below. The photos will be available on this drive for about a week or so, so be sure to save any pictures you would like of your family before then.

10/25/2025

10/25/2025

Rainee, Lisa, Jaimie, and Joy from the Seattle Children’s Autism Center as well as several other Seattle Children's team members, had a wonderful time attending the 20th annual Kindering Luncheon yesterday!

We are grateful at for the opportunity to celebrate and support Kindering, an incredible organization that provides life-changing early intervention services and resources for children and families across our region. It’s always inspiring to connect with community partners who share our mission of helping every child reach their full potential. 🧡

10/22/2025

🤝💛 When families, schools and communities work together, we can stop bullying. Teach your child to be an upstander—someone who safely stands up to bullying. Learn more in the latest issue of Good Growing.
Explore tips: https://www.seattlechildrens.org/health-safety/good-growing/

10/20/2025

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10/19/2025

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for our Halloween Event today! 🎃 What an incredible turnout! We would love to see your photos and hear what you enjoyed most about the event. Please let us know in the comments below.

10/18/2025

Bring your goblins (young and old) and join us for a free, fun and safe trick-or-treating experience inside the festive halls of Seattle Children's Autism Center on Saturday, Oct. 18. Costumes encouraged, no RSVP required.

The festivities will include:

• Candy and non-candy treats
• Facepainting
• Activities and games
• Pumpkin decorating
• Community resources

10/18/2025