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	Quad Cities Citizens with Autism Rehabilitation Enterprise
	"Quality. Care Independence"
Building Bridges Between Individuals with Autism, their Families, and their Community

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Our Story
Established in 2006 by co-founders James Crockett, Elijah Roberts, and Kelli Lomas Roberts, QC C.A.R.E is an agency that exclusively focuses on the needs of those diagnosed with autism. QC C.A.R.E is a Non-Profit Health Care provider specifically developed to accommodate the needs of individuals in the autism disorder spectrum and their families.

We focus on building bridges between the person with Autism and their family, program, and community. QC C.A.R.E has been based, since its beginning, with a client-centered philosophy that offers progress towards as much personal freedom and accomplishment as each person with Autism can attain.

The cornerstone and our focus is the individual. We are staffed experienced people you are happy and focused on offering the support in the areas our in their individual homes and communities. We try to guarantee the best possible quality and support for each and every individual in our care, which is what, hopefully, make us stand apart. We are looking to pair not only the right support staff with right person but the right, services, the right roommates (in warranted) and right community. Each based on the unique needs, desires and ability of the people we serve.

QC C.A.R.E’s is also concerned with meeting the regional requirements of autistic persons. The agency seeks to provide assistance to families and to aid autistic citizens with their every day living decisions that may otherwise be difficult under unassisted circumstances. In addition, we aims to integrate its consumers into the community in which they live. At QC C.A.R.E, our consumers are not only community members but also productive elements of society.

There are programs out there for people with autism but there approach is all research-based from our schooling. We base our services on treating the person with autism as a person not just a disorder. We are not a fancy high price institution. We just want to keep it simple so that we can meet the needs of the Autistic individuals.

Our Mission
We are resolute to support and advance the quality of treatment and services for people with autism and their families.
· To encourage individuals with autism to become independent in their home (as well as) in their community. · To help people with autism express their desires and goals, and help them reach these goals. · To continue learning in order to find better methods (innovations) and improve on own services. · To encourage individuals with autism to prosper and grow. · To do what is right for both the individual and their family. · To respect the individual's right and values (as well as) the rights and values of the family. · To (respect) the knowledge and experience of the family and foster the continuing contribution to their love one. · To stay connected to the families, the community and individuals we support, regardless of the obstacles needed to provided that support.

Our Philosophy
We respect with dignity, independence and values of each individual and recognize the great importance of all people with autism. We hope to empower individuals with autism by providing him or her with the means, opportunity and support to cope with their disorder. Our objectives are to provide life skills and personal support that will help individuals to achieve as much independence as possible and to help clients to live happily in the community.

We wish to support individuals with autism to realize their personal dreams, desires and goals with integrity and distinction. In addition it is the objective of QC C.A.R.E to provide the highest quality of support and services. Our Aim is to be successful as a service by encouraging and continuing the co-operation between QC C.A.R.E, the individuals, families, friends, neighbors, schools, employers, faith institution, other health care providers and the community as a whole.



Autistic and Overlooked By Linda H. Davis Wednesday, April 2, 2008; Page A19 As people around the globe acknowledge World Autism Awareness Day today — proclaimed by the U.N. General Assembly last December — it is important to consider an aspect of this devastating disorder that has been curiously and persistently neglected: the lifelong care of autistic adults. While greater media [...] Read more... OBAMA AND CLINTON ON AUTISM, VACCINES, RESEARCH Last December A-CHAMP began a campaign to obtain answers from all the presidential candidates to our autism issues questionnaire. We have received responses so far from Senators Obama, Clinton, Biden and Dodd. Below are the responses for Senators Obama and Clinton. We hope this will be useful in helping voters decide who to vote [...] Read more...

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