Mission & Vision
Great Lakes Center for Autism Mission
To improve the quality of life for individuals with autism and their families through facilitating cooperation among service providers, building community awareness, providing professional development activities, and supporting families and caregivers through diagnosis and referral, workshops and trainings, activities and support groups, and advocacy for public policy.
Our Focus
Working together with persons with autism, their families, caregivers, and other organizations, agencies, and individuals in the Northwest Ohio region:
- The Great Lakes Center for Autism influences policy and practice to ensure the best possible education, care, support and life opportunities for persons of all ages with autism in the region.
- The Great Lakes Center for Autism raises public awareness about what autism is, and how it affects the lives of individuals and families in the region.
- The Great Lakes Center for Autism provides and promotes exemplary services and training in education, care, support and life opportunities for persons of all ages with autism, as models of innovation and excellence in practice.
Our Vision
Northwest Ohio will be a place where individuals with autism and their families/ caregivers can thrive, where ASD services across the lifespan are easily accessible, coordinated, integrated, non-duplicative, sustainable and of the highest quality.