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CT ASRC














Our Executive Director

Lois Rosenwald at the GRASP Awards in New York City.


Lois Rosenwald

Lois Rosenwald is the mother of a grown son with Asperger's syndrome, and is the founder of the Greater New Haven PDD/Asperger's Network: the first group of its kind in CT; also founder and Executive Director of the CT Autism Spectrum Resource Center. The Center does most of the training in the state for both families and school personnel. She has been actively involved for years (legislatively) advocating for appropriate services for individuals in Connecticut with ASD, and for their families. She currently serves on, or has served on the following:

  • The CT Bureau of Rehabilitation Council.

  • The CT Bureau of Rehabilitation ASD Assessment Team.

  • The Board of Directors of CLRC, a non-profit concerned with providing respite services for all people with special needs across the lifespan here in CT.

  • CT Family Support Council (appointed by the Governor).

  • Member of the Connectibility Steering Committee. This is a CT state group (Department of Social Services received a grant in 2007 to form this group) charged with finding ways to get people with disabilities to work.

  • Served on the Commission for Persons with Developmental Disabilities without Mental Retardation (appointed by the Governor).

  • Co-chairs the Division of Autism Services Council, a division within the state Department of Developmental Services.

  • Co-chaired the Pilot Steering Committee that developed services for adults with ASD participating in the pilot.