A grand time was had by all! On August 12, 2021, Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children celebrated with not just one, but two exciting events that marked the culmination of two large projects. The first project was a ribbon cutting ceremony of the new Vocational facility located at 9200 Wightman Rd, Montgomery Village,…
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On July 29, 2021, CSAAC held a fantastic event at the Jane Salzano Center for Autism, to celebrate 39 associates of the organization who during the past year and at the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic showed exemplary professionalism and pitched in to do more for those we support. “The Heroes of CSAAC Project”…
Read MoreCSAAC Online Newsletter Articles Article V1.7- 2/21/20 Swing into Learning – By Tom Rowse The swing set is now in, the bed of mulch has been laid, and the students are using it regularly even in the cool weather. On the reasonably warm days during this amazingly mild winter, teachers are bringing their classes down to the…
Read MoreThe Cicada’s Serenade This last week has seen the emergence of the 17-year cicada swarm named Brood X by scientists. On the campus of the Community School of Maryland (CSM), the bugs are everywhere so the CSM associates decided it was time to teach the students about these enormous and loud bugs. It was amazing…
Read MoreTrick or Treat By: Tom Rowse This year has been tumultuous for everyone and this has been a difficult time for the kids who call CSAAC home. Each year, we have a fall festival at the school and we wanted to make sure we had an opportunity for everyone to have a good walk in…
Read MoreEach year, CSAAC has a graduation celebration for students. Much has been made of the lost graduation for the class of 2020 throughout the nation and the graduates from the Community School of Maryland are no different. While the class of 2020 is small, it was important to recognize their accomplishment so a drive through…
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CSAAC created Empower Vending as an initiative for the individuals to work and engage with people in the local community. Never was a crisis like Covid-19 envisioned. When it happened, most of the businesses where we have our vending machines closed their offices. At this same time, CSAAC individuals and their associates began sheltering in…
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CSAAC families and friends celebrated the holidays with a “Holiday Ball Formal Dinner”. The ball consisted of a buffet dinner and an array of holiday music. There was a day ball for the school students and an evening ball for the adults. Santa Wayne Tart and Thomas Rowse appeared bearing gifts for everyone! CSAAC would like…
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On December 10, 2019, a delegation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Departments of Epidemiology and Mental Health located in Baltimore, and the Peking University Institute of Mental health and Sixth Hospital in Beijing, China, were taken on a tour of CSAAC and the Community School of Maryland. CSAAC Executive Director, Eric…
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