National Institute for Special Education

To stimulate, promote, foster and advance the educational development of autistic children who have other physical or mental impairments; to hold, sponsor and conduct classes and programs for the benefit of such children, to aid in the creation, establishment and development of suitable educational curriculum and programs for autistic students; to help and assist such children to participate meaningfully in the educational mainstream, to encourage, enhance and increase family and community support and understanding for the problems faciing autistic children who have other physical or mental impairments, to disseminate information to the general public concerning school curriculum, educational and governmental programs and benefits for the learning disabled, to encourage interest, awareness and activism in the local, state and national political arenas with reference to the needs of autistic children.