Reform It Now, Inc.

Autism awareness isn't enough. It's merely a marketing campaign to raise funds. We're after full acceptance because the autistic are being included in mainstream life and need acceptance. About 99% of Americans are aware of autism, but that hasn't ended bullying or crimes against the autistic. With acceptance, we can make life for the autistic far greater, safer and more secure than ever before.

When the autistic find meaningful employment and acceptance by their neighbors and others in the community, the high number of crimes against them will reduce dramatically. The key to this is education; teaching companies how to understand the autistic, and to understand the condition itself.

People are shocked at how few lawyers, and even doctors, really know about autism, and how few companies are willing to hire autistic employees out of fear and ignorance of the condition. We can change that by creating compelling learning programs that benefit the learners and the autistic.

Our strategy is simple. Create education opportunities about autism that may be provided to business leadership, supervision and employees; to lawyers, judges, prosecutors and public defenders; to doctors and dentists, opticians and ophthalmic specialists; to government employees and leadership, that they may better understand the condition and the people who live with it.

When the learners complete these courses, some of them short, others in great depth, they will have a far greater understanding and will spread the word about acceptance, reducing intolerance, prejudice and fear, but mostly, creating a world in which harm to autistic people, and crimes against them will be intolerable.

Providing direct advocacy for those in difficulty is critical for us, and we believe finding the 'right' help is important for the autistic citizen. Remember, everyone with autism is a citizen.

Our business learning team includes several significant business leaders who not only will help us build the courses, but will help us bring them to the attention of businesses.

We're building a website to deliver some of the best online education tools, making enjoyable, rewarding courses that will be available to a very broad audience.

We are presently working to develop new trainings for courts, medical personnel and getting requirements for them in law.

We have already made major changes in law and the way society treats autism. In NY, legislation is currently getting underway to train hospital emergency room personnel. In Ohio, we're under discussion for mental health courts and improved rights for the developmentally disabled. In NJ we helped craft a bill Gov. Chris Christie into law providing for prison terms up to 10 years for endangering the welfare of developmentally disabled persons.

The business course is 92% completed. The introductory and advanced legal education courses are 80% completed, and the courses for medical professionals are 63% complete.

We have already assisted in a number of civil and criminal cases involving autistic victims of crimes as advocates and advocated in more than 100 cases in less than 9 months of operations.

Presently, we're advising a county prosecutor's office about autism and an autistic individual who was the victim of a malicious crime. We are helping the prosecutor understand the nature of the young man's condition and how two alleged 'friends' lured him onto a stone jetty in winter and convinced this young man to jump into the freezing Atlantic Ocean, where he nearly drowned. The story made national news in USA Today. Additionally, we were requested to provide information to two legislators who are crafting anti-bullying legislation in New Jersey, specifically for the protection of those with autism.

We have developed Chefs4Autism, a campaign and group of 535 chefs from around the world, some of them major celebrities, who are supporting our acceptance learning programs.

We've obtained an ad grant from Google, $10,000 from Salesforce, and smaller grants from Microsoft, and other major benefactors.

Our Twitter feed has nearly 3,000 followers developed in a matter of 8 weeks online. Combined, our social media reach touches more than 300,000 world-wide.

We deliver advertising online to over 60,000 people who view our website for additional information about autism. More than 700,000 see our ads.