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A Few Words from FAAAS, Inc.
In answer to some misleading statements that have been spread around on
the internet regarding the mission and position of FAAAS with regards
to those with Asperger's Syndrome, please note the following:
1. FAAAS is not a hate group and does not hate people with
Asperger's Syndrome.
We are an
organization that was created and geared towards supporting the NT
person in an AS-NT relationship. Any relationship, be it NT-NT, AS-NT,
or
AS-AS will have stresses, problems and issues living their day-to-day
lives as a couple. That's just the nature of ANY relationship. Until FAAAS
existed, there wasn't any form of community where NTs, who were in
similar AS-NT relationships, could discuss their issues and offer each
other support. There are, and have been, many support groups for those
with Asperger's Syndrome. We are just trying to be a support group for
the other half of the relationship.
FAAAS' other main mission, beyond the support group, has been to spread
the word of the existence of Asperger's Syndrome in the adult community
to the public-at-large and to the medical professionals. For years,
there had been neither recognition nor support for Adults with
Asperger's Syndrome. There had been support for children with
AS and Autism for years, but as soon as those children reached
adulthood, most of them and their families were told that they were on
their own. FAAAS was the first organization of its kind to try to
change that. We have always tried to spread the word about the
existence of AS in adults and the importance for giving them some form
of official support from the state and federal government. One of
FAAAS' major projects was to introduce Massachusetts House Bill, No.
2208 which would have directed the Massachusetts Department of Public
Health to develop a public
education program about Asperger's Syndrome in Adults. In the years
since FAAAS was founded, and with the help of many other grassroot
organizations which have thankfully emerged since then, Asperger's
Syndrome in adults is now discussed nationally and internationally in
the news and even in pop media. That alone has been a great success
for all of us.
2. FAAAS does not give marital advice, nor are we out to separate
couples and divide families.
We do NOT recommend a course of action in any NT/AS relationship
either for staying together or for separating. That is a decision that
the members of the relationship, with or without (preferably with) a
professional mediator, must make for themselves as a couple. Every
relationship and every situation is different!
FAAAS, Inc.
May 10, 2009
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