Community Autism Resources has been in southeastern Massachusetts for thirty years, for autistic people of every age and the families around them. A monthly gift keeps us here for the next step, whatever it turns out to be.

Here's what a gift pays for:

$25: five people at the baking group
$50: a bowling lane
$75: a family of four in a private suite at a game
$100: two families at a trampoline park, rented just for them
$500: a sensory-friendly movie screening, with the whole theater to ourselves

A gift we know is coming is one we can plan around before the month starts.

You don't have to live in our service region to give. Everything you fund stays in it. We'll only list you as a monthly donor if you tell us we can.

About the video

Homer is a children's performer who taught himself guitar and plays the songs he loves by ear. This spring he took the stage at Autism Rocks the South Shore, a concert at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke built around autistic musicians and their families. Community Autism Resources was in the room that night, and Homer had a reminder for anyone hearing our name for the first time: it's not the car that you drive.

The show was set up so families could stay for all of it. There was a sensory room, therapy dogs and quiet spaces to step away to, and the lights and sound came down a notch. Much of what CAR runs works on the same idea: when a room is set up for the people in it, nobody has to explain why they need a break.

Homer's advice, for anyone nervous about trying something new: "Please have faith in yourself."

CAR Essential Programs Monthly Support Fund