Autism Planner

29Feb2008 Filed under: Autism Author: Laura

This is pretty cool!

MeadWestvaco and Autism Society of America Launch 2008 ASA Autism Awareness Cambridge Planner

ASA and MeadWestvaco Consumer & Office Products Group have partnered to design an autism-themed Cambridge Planner in honor of this April’s National Autism Awareness Month. The planner will go on sale at 1,000 Wal-Mart stores nationwide starting April 1. With this planner, MeadWestvaco and ASA hope to promote awareness about this fast-growing neurological condition, which affects 1 in 150 births. The Planner was specially designed by ASA for parents and caregivers who have to manage the many informational and scheduling challenges of caring for an individual with autism. Features include a specialized notes page with space for care provider contact information, current prescriptions and a checklist of important documents, as well a page of stickers for doctors’ appointments, support group meetings and other important events throughout the year. The planner also includes general information about the disorder, early signs, and how to find help and support.

You know I’m going to be all over that.

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5 Responses to “Autism Planner”

Amy Bridges
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm

have you found anything beside the ASA site about this planner? I have been looking everywhere for it. I even work for walmart and asked several managers about them. I even checked EBay.
Lori Orrico
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:19 am

I’ve searched all of the Walmarts in my area (northern NJ) and contacted both ASA & Walmart’s corporate offices - with no luck! Just dizzy from the voicemail runaround…. I’m sad because I could really use something like this to keep up with my 3 1/2 year old son’s hectic school/therapy/dr schedule!
Pam
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm

I too have gone to walmart and there is no sign of it anywhere. Does anyone have a picture of the planner maybe that would help.
Cathy
April 4th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

i called 15 walmarts in nj. and my sis even looked in va. so i called 1 800 walmart to see why i couldn’t find it either. they took my name and number and all that. Said they’d try and have one found. I cant see why they didnt distribute this to all there stores. i’m sure there are plenty of parents that would buy tehm. Im dissapointed in walmart.
Amy Bridges
April 7th, 2008 at 7:57 am

Well, working at wa–Wal-Mart myself I went right to work trying to find what stores were carring the planner…how much it was…when was our delivery date…etc. I even called ASA and shopped EBay looking for it. OK…well today I go to work and I saw it….I am so disappointed. It looks like any other 18 month spiral bound planner. The only difference, this one come with 10-20 stickers for dr’s appointments and a few othe stickers like that. It wasn’t even any cool color…just plain ole dk blue. Now, with as much as Autism has come to light, you’d think they’d put a little more effort into making it in an eye catching display…nope…nothing. They could have done SO MUCH to make this planner SO SO SO much better than it was. Needless to say, I’m not buying it, which sux, I was looking sooo forward to seeing it. OK, I’ll step down from my soapbox now, you all are excused.

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About the Author

Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married to an enginerd named Paul, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism. In addition to playing Barbies and pretending to eat plastic food all day, Laura spends most of her time folding clean laundry, obsessing about the amount of sugar her kids eat, and vacuuming up Polly Pocket accessories. She's obsessed with Yo Gabba Gabba, red wine, and Family Guy. She also regularly contributes to How Do You Do It? and authors the following blogs: