Campaign for Autism Benefits at The Boeing Company

Boeing families and supporters organizing a campaign to constructively approach company leadership about getting Autism benefits.  Based  on successful efforts at companies like Microsoft.

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Simple Steps You Can Take
Campaign Members - see everyone on a map (new window)

Interview with Boeing Employee Chris Brenner

Chris talks about the importance of Autism benefits for Boeing families with Puzzle Ribbon. Please join Chris in this campaign.
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News and Events

• Campaign kickoff conference call – TBD early September
• Boeing Families in the Big Brown Building

Simple Steps You Can Take

It will take an extensive grassroots effort to get an Autism benefit. Our biggest challenge is finding Boeing families impacted by Autism.

Here is a draft email message you can send.

1. Contact people you know who provide Autism services – ABA, educational, mental health.  Follow-up email messages with a call.
2. Contact your local Autism Society Chapter.   Ask for introductions to other families or to send this email message on your behalf to their listserv.  Example by Autism Society of Washington.

Campaign Members (23 Total)

Boeing families impacted by Autism who support the campaign for Autism benefits at their employer.

• Anonymous
• Justin
• Kate
• Steve in Everett
  “We can be better employees if we can provide the services our children need.“
• Michelle D.
• Bob & Char
  “Start helping now“
• Bob Waldron
• JJ from Long Beach
  “for the super moms or dads, struggling at home for our special babies.”
• Jeff Schario
• Mr. Brown
• Matt J
  “I’ve worked at Boeing for 15 years; it’s a fabulous place to work. It would make such a difference to my family to not be worrying constantly about how we’re going to pay for the next therapy session.”
• Chris of Chicago, Illinois.
  “I’ve been a happy employee of Boeing for over 5 years.  Like many employees I appreciate the generous benefits program at Boeing and hope to help Boeing understand how adding an Autism benefit will help relieve my family of a tremendous stress and help employees like me be more productive.”
• Christy V, “My husband works for Boeing and my son has PDD-NOS which is on the Autism spectrum. Getting the necessary therapy is difficult. Having an Autism Benefit would definitely help.“
• T of Springfield, VA “If not now, when?“
• J from Washington State “Caring for children is as fundamental as ABC (Autism Benefit Campaign)”
• A K
• Phil
• Autism Health Insurance Project
  Children with autism neeed these services to lead fully functional lives.
• Behavior Frontiers
  “I help families by providing behavioral therapies, advocacy, or other services. ”
• TouchPoint Autism Services
  “Research indicates the cost to society of an individual with autism who goes untreated, considering the support they will need across their lifetime, is estimated at $3.5 million. Sooner equals better; the earlier a child can receive a diagnosis and the earlier the much-needed behavioral therapy treatments can begin, the better it will be for the child, for the family and for society at large.“
• Medical Billing Advocacy of Northern Virginia, LLC
  “I want to help the families get the coverage they deserve.”
• Kevin of Virginia.
  “I organized the Puzzle Ribbon Project to help leading employers like Boeing understand the win-win of offering an Autism benefit.“
• Ray Bannon