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Reaching Out – Reaching In: Fall 2018 Newsletter from KindTree – Autism Rocks
STiLE Profile: David Helfand | My Date with Autism: Alisa McLaughlin | STiLE update News Briefs | Lane Arts Council Grant...
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Oct 9, 20182 min read


Lane Art Council Community Arts Program Grant 2018-2022
Lane Art Council Community Arts Program Grant This summer KindTree-Autism Rocks was awarded a $1,800 grant to provide three (3) artist...
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Oct 9, 20181 min read
News You Can Use – October 2018
News Briefs October 2018 Raven’s: KindTree-Autism Rocks NEW community partner Our newest community partner is Raven’s located at 790...
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Oct 8, 20183 min read


I Am Autism – My Date with Autism
“My Date With Autism”, a performance monologue by Alisa McLaughlin I found him late in life when I was tired of it all, I had no job,...
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Oct 8, 20183 min read


Introducing David Helfand, STiLE instructor
David Helfand is a multi-instrumentalist who composes and performs original instrumental music on Celtic harp, mandocello, octave...
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Oct 8, 20181 min read
Local Activists for People with Disabilities
KindTree – Autism Rocks services include a volunteer peer group, Eugene A.V.O.I.C.E Advocacy Group: meeting the 3rd Friday of the month...
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Jul 31, 20182 min read
My Path of Fire Pt 1.
by Mary-Minn Sirag, KindTree archives 2013 I got my first job in April 1970, two months before my 16th birthday and a month or so after...

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Jul 30, 201814 min read


FACT Oregon’s on the Road
Check out these dates for the regional conferences throughout Oregon. You’re welcome…
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Jul 27, 20181 min read
Camp for children ages 8-17 years old with a disability & their family dog
FYI – though this camp is the same week as ours, so…. Hello, My name is Chloe Simpson and I am a graduate student at Oregon State...
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Jun 20, 20181 min read
Newsletter Archives: Reaching Out – Reaching In
(Note: these archives are incomplete, sorry. But at least there are some of them here…) February 10, 2023 eFlash PDF: Autism Artism on...
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Jun 16, 20182 min read
We’re learning that what we do makes a difference
The following is an excerpt from remarks made by John Hussman, Ph.D. from the Hussman Foundation at the 2018 Autism Society of America...
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Jun 12, 20185 min read


Sue Scott is Eugene Weekly’s HAPPENING PEOPLE
Copied from the Eugene Weekly, 5/17/2018 “Volunteering brings wonderful things into your life that you may not expect,” says Sue Scott,...
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May 26, 20182 min read
You “Danced Like Nobody’s Watching!” Thanks!
the Annual KindTree – Autism Rocks Dance and Fundraiser, 7pm–11pm May 19th, Vets Club Ballroom, Vets Club, Eugene. All ages. YES, WE ALL...
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May 22, 20181 min read


OSLP Arts & Culture Call for SO SMALL ART
SO SMALL 6 CALL for ART! The 6th Annual So Small: Miniature Art Show is a silent auction of donated artwork for the OSLP Arts &...
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May 14, 20181 min read
May 2018 “Reaching Out – Reaching In” Newsletter
Below is an excerpt from just one of the articles in this issue. Read them all here: KT Vol. 23 Spring 2018 My 16 Year Tenure on the...
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Apr 7, 20181 min read
My Path of Fire Part 3 Mary-Minn Sirag 2013
When I arrived in San Francisco, on January 14th, 1979, I decreed to myself that my waitressing days were over. I had gone from a...

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Mar 9, 20185 min read


Update: TR Kelley performs at PLAYA March 14
PLAYA Launches New Alger Theatre Performances in Lakeview on March 14 Guitar performance by TR Kelley and Dana Halferty benefits Alger...
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Mar 8, 20183 min read
My Path of Fire, Part 2 March 2013
My Path of Fire, Part 2 Mary-Minn Sirag March 2013 In 1976, during the second recession of the ‘70’s, I graduated from college, armed...

Mary-Minn Sirag
Mar 3, 20186 min read
What KindTree Means to One Autist, by Mary-Minn Sirag June, 2001
What KindTree means to one autist by Mary-Minn Sirag June, 2001 I discovered KindTree last summer, having confessed to my trusty massage...

Mary-Minn Sirag
Mar 3, 20183 min read
On Living With Autism l Mary-Minn Sirag, October 2000
On Living With Autism by Mary-Minn Sirag, October, 2000 (Ed. note: this is Mary-Minn’s very first STIM page article, before we called it...

Mary-Minn Sirag
Mar 3, 20184 min read
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