ASO continues to meet with legislators, departmental administrators and the governor’s office to advocate for the interests for person with autism and their families on a variety of issues, including education for students with autism and the ASP.  To that end, ASO is interested in your input and feedback.  The following are a list of questions provided to get your thoughts on different aspects of the ASP:

 Do you use the ASP for your student with autism?  If yes, why did you choose the scholarship vs. public schools?  If no, why not?  What age is/was your child when using the ASP? Do you feel your public school has provided appropriate education programs for your student?  If not, why not (please share your story)?
How should the State of Ohio interpret the fact that the Autism Scholarship Program may soon have an enrollment of nearly 500 school age (K-12) students and 500 preschool students? If that number grows significantly, how, if at all, will this change impact students with autism who are enrolled in mainstream public school environments? Has the ASP affected creating more tolerant and appropriate mainstream public school environments?
What should Ohio’s strategy be to meet the educational and developmental needs of children with ASD?

As the interest and enrollment in the ASP continues to grow, are there suggestions that ASO can recommend that could improve the program?

What should the public policy position of ASO be regarding this program? Why?

 Please respond to as many of these questions (or all of them) as you wish.  YOUR OPINIONS AND STORIES ARE IMPORTANT TO US!  Please send them to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   We will post the results on this page in the coming months and use these stories and opinions as we advocate on behalf of persons with autism and their families in Ohio.