Apple Time Family   |   A Parent Support Group for Children with Special Needs

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Apple Time Family is a not-for-profit organization which supports Japanese and Japanese-American children, teens, and adults with special needs including the Autism Spectrum, Dow Syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy. Apple Time Family was founded in 2011 in Westchester, New York and has now expanded to the Tri-State Area as well as Japan.

If you have any of these questions, Apple Time Family may be a great fit for you...

-I want to know about Japanese special needs services for my child, such as therapy

-I have been told from my child’s school teacher the he/she needs an evaluation. What is the evaluation?

-I want to meet Japanese or Japanese-American parents whose children have disabilities, and exchange medical and educational information.

-I want to talk in Japanese about the stresses on raising children with special needs.

-I want my child to make more friends with similar disabilities.

-I have a friend moving to the US from Japan, who wants to know about various disability related services in the US.

-I am going back to Japan, and I want to know about recent services for children with disabilities in Japan.