Our mission is to raise public awareness about Asperger Syndrome and related disorders, to advocate for improved education and services, and to provide support and information to the Asperger and autism community.

ASCEND offers:

• Support/information gathering meetings in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties (for family members and caregivers only).
• Speaker meetings featuring professionals who have knowledge in many areas that affect the AS community; admission is $5 for nonmembers.
  (All are invited to these meetings.)
• The ASCEND annual conference.
• A free Yahoo! group for dissemination of news important to our community. Sign up here >
• Many additional benefits for members!