FEAT DAILY NEWSLETTER - SPECIAL EDITION Sacramento,

California

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Dear FEATNEWS Readers,

It is with mixed emotions that we announce that

Lenny Schafer will be leaving his role as the FEATNEWS

Editor to pursue other important work in the autism

advocacy community. We Are very happy for him

personally and at the same time, a bit sad to see such

a good friend and co-worker moving on. Lenny, like

all FEAT staff members, served strictly as a

volunteer. However, as a single father of two

children, Lenny appropriately feels he must now secure

a position that will allow him to devote all of his

energy to provide for his family's financial future.

Lenny has dedicated five years to his role as the

FEATNEWS Editor, during which time the breadth, depth

and impact of the FEATNEWS has increased tremendously.

We will miss Lenny's contributions, as well as his

wonderful sense of humor. Please join us in wishing

Lenny continued success in all of his endeavors.

The FEAT Board of Directors applauds his enthusiasm

and wish to support any initiative that benefits the

autism community. In Lenny's new position, which will

be outside of the FEAT organization, he will likely be

contacting you with additional information regarding

his new autism advocacy initiatives. As individual

readers, you will decide how to respond to these

inquiries. FEAT continues to maintain a strict

privacy policy, which does not allow for the release

of personal information for any reason and as such,

cannot condone unauthorized use of this information.

Finally, we are very excited about the future of

the FEATNEWS. During this FEATNEWS transition, we

will scale back the content but hang in there while we

are "under construction". We invite you to consider

joining the current FEATNEWS family. We are looking

for several more volunteers to share responsibilities

for regional and national information on various

topics such as behavioral research and intervention

methods, medical research and intervention, personal

stories of success, book reviews, a current events

calendar, legal advocacy and other areas that interest

our readers. So, if you have a passion for sharing

autism-related news and want to get involved, then

please contact us at featnews@feat.org. In the words

of Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of

thoughtful, committed people can change the world.

Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Sincerely,

Nancy Fellmeth

President, for the FEAT Board of Directors _________________________________________________________________

CALENDAR EVENTS@feat.org Michelle Guppy

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