:::Who We Are:::

Autismvictory.com is an affiliate site of Victorystore.com. Through this site we hope to bring an awareness of autism and aspergers. Our focus is to provide a social network for families that live with these disorders. We will do our best to obtain and share the latest information, developments and breakthrough treatments. It is here that families can share their personal stories with one another, share thoughts and ideas that can be linked together to help build results. Today's ideas can create the way for tomorrow's cure.

In order to open the lines of communication, we will be working on several online tools to make this happen.

First: All regularly updated articles will allow comments to be read and shared.

Second: There will be a public calendar with major upcoming events. It will list events such as seminars, fundraisers, social awareness events, political movements and more. You will also be able to submit and post related events as well.

Third: Podcasting will allow people to listen to different interviews and stories in a MP3 format.

Fourth: This site will provide a wiki page where people can change, add and share information.

Together we can...together we can bring awareness to people, together we can fight this disease, and together we can find a cure.

:::A Word from the AutismVictory.com sponsor:::

When we launched VictoryStore.com, we never expected to be involved with autism awareness; but sometimes a door opens and you walk through.  Several years ago, we were selling magnetic bumper stickers and ribbons for various organizations.  Professionals and parents involved with autism began emailing and calling us asking if we carried these same items related to Autism Awareness.  We did not and did not plan on offering these products.  Nevertheless, the calls kept coming in. So we began offering a few items and the response was immediately significant.

As  we sold these items, we wanted to find a way to help organizations involved with Autism Awareness.  We chose our local parents organization and began donating 10% of proceeds to them.  But quickly, the amount of the monthly contribution grew to a size that we felt we needed to contribute it to other organizations involved with research and awareness for autism.  We have chosen several over the years, but we are proud that we have been able to donate more than $15,000 to autism organizations over the last two years.

Today, we are using part of the proceeds gained from Autism Awareness items to launch a new social networking site:  AutismVictory.com.  The purpose of the site is to give parents and professionals a place to share articles, ideas and hope. There is no charge to participate in the site and VictoryStore.com has paid for the construction of the site and all carrying charges.

The site moderator is Joyce Grubbs, my mother.  She has been a health care professional for most of her life having served in nursing, working with the terminally ill and the homeless.  We also have members of our family who have been diagnosed with Aspergers so she has familiarity with this issue as well.  We do not hold her out to be an expert, but only a moderator to help guide the conversation and resources of the site.

We hope this site will become a useful resource and see it as another way that we can help in the effort to raise awareness and find a cure for Autism and Aspergers.

joyce@autismvictory.com Webmaster: webmaster@autismvictory.com