School For Autistic Children Raising $250,000 For Operational Costs

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WISC-TV first told the story of Common Threads back in October when the school opened.
Common Threads is a place where children can learn to overcome some of the communications challenges of autism.

It also provides support and services for families who aren't able to get it anywhere else.
"I don't know what else we'd do," said mother Krysia Braun. "Honestly I'd probably have to go to preschool with him in order to make sure that he was getting the most out of it. If you're going to spend money to go to private school, the kids need the support, and we find it at Common Threads"
On Sunday, the school held a fundraiser hoping to raise the $250,000 needed for the school's operational costs.

"It's necessary to help with our operating expenses during the first year of startup," said Common Threads executive director Jackie Moen. "We are assimilating the children in slowly so they are fully supported and then they feel comfortable and understood and then we'll bring in perhaps one to two children a week."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 28, 2008 8:52 AM
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