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14 Dec 2008, 11:39 am

I'm going over my year-end finances and trying to pick tax-deductible charities to donate to. Most of the charities I've heard about that are involved in Autism are of the "cure the poor children" or "let's have washed-up celebrities spout off grossly skewed statistics" ilk. Are there any tax-deductible charities that actually do good for the autism community and respect neurodiversity?



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14 Dec 2008, 11:45 am

i would donate to a local organization rather then anything... In my opinion.


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14 Dec 2008, 12:06 pm

Age1600 wrote:
i would donate to a local organization rather then anything... In my opinion.


The only local AS charity I can think of is the Asperger's Association of New England which I'm not terribly fond of.



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14 Dec 2008, 12:09 pm

Perhaps "Wrongplanet.net"?



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14 Dec 2008, 12:30 pm

There's the National Autistic Society in the UK.


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14 Dec 2008, 12:41 pm

Orwell wrote:
There's the National Autistic Society in the UK.


But that's not tax deductible in the States.



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14 Dec 2008, 2:09 pm

If you do not feel good with giving to any AS/Autism society then I would suggest not doing so. You are better off giving to something that you know and feel good about.

BTW, Wrong Planet is not an IRS deductible non-profit so the OP cannot give to WP and achieve the goals he/she wants.