Now Accepting DD Waiver Clients

Community Engagement (CE) & Community Coaching (CC)

At ACA, we help our clients (18+ in age) explore new environments, meet new people, and enjoy meaningful experiences. We collaborate with clients, their support coordinators, and their families to choose skill-building goals and create opportunities to practice those skills in natural, everyday settings. Every day, we’re out in the community getting exercise—whether it’s a walk in the park, a stroll through the mall, or an exercise class.

Small groups · >1:3 per staff member Contact us to learn more, or have your CSB Support Coordinator contact us to start the process

All abilities welcome

Supporting young adults with autism and developmental differences through community, skill building activities and a sensory friendly environment.

We’re About Connecting with New Experiences…

QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS

Both Kathy and Cyndi are parent’s of adults with autism and have backgrounds in teaching. Their experience helps them pivot programming to suit all ability levels as well as their sensory needs.

sKILL BUILDING

We like to integrate skill building into our arts and crafts, cooking and social recreation games in a way that empowers our campers.

LOW RATIOS

We keep staff ratios low to ensure engagement and safety. Our maximum ratio is 1:3. Campers needing 1:1 supports are welcome to bring their own personal attendant.

VISUAL SCHEDULES

The day prior a visual schedule is emailed to the parents, campers and coaches to review at their leisure. We also include links to the YouTube tutorials we use as a visual teaching aide.

Autism Community Alliance (ACA) operates out of a community based setting in Springfield, VA—an ideal, centrally located setting in Fairfax County. Our program site is just west of Springfield Towne Center and sits within walking distance of several restaurants, grocery stores, and community spaces that enhance our life-skills and community-based activities.

The church campus offers an indoor courtyard with a koi pond, plenty of quiet areas to take breaks as well as an easy pull-up access at Entrance 5 for drop-off and pick-up.

Community Engagement clients may use this location for drop off, pick up and quick hygiene breaks.

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