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Hi Mary
Let me extend to you my personal welcome to our AutismOne Social Network.

Before I continue, I might point out that part of our privacy features are that we do not make your email address available to site visitors. If anyone wants to communicate with you they do it through our private messaging system. I notice that you appear to be using your email address as your member ID. Although that is not a problem with us, we do want you to realize that this makes your email address available to anyone logging on to our site. If this is not a problem with you, then you can leave it unchanged. If on the other hand you want to change it then do so by clicking on "My User Menu" (on the right next to the Welcome). From the resulting menu click "Edit my settings". From the resulting window you can change your Username (and PW if desired). To record the change you must scroll to the bottom of the display and click the Save button. Now let me continue with the welcome.

AutismOne is now the “one-stop-shopping center” for information about autism. We have the annual conference in Chicago, AutismOne radio, the Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy and now the AutismOne Social Network (and more to come).
I notice that you’ve not made any entries into your profile. Remember, this is a social network. Part of the function of a social network is to meet and interact with others who have common interests. Of course autism is a common interest. But there is more than that. Individuals like to know about a person before becoming a “friend.” That’s where the profile comes in. So whenever you can find the time, please fill in some of the entries of your profile. To do that just click on “My User Menu” next to the Welcome area on the right. From the resulting menu click on “Edit My Profile” and you will be in business.
Helping you interact with others is one of the many things we can do for you. Now here’s something you can do for us. Every new community requires a good hard kick start to get going. We need you to help us with that. Log in on a regular basis and read the blogs and articles then write a blog yourself. It can be on any subject of interest to you, preferably with some relevance to autism but not necessarily. It can be short or long, whatever it takes for you to express your thoughts. If you have a question then ask it in a blog--people read then they respond. If you see something with which you agree or disagree then please add a comment with your thoughts. This is an open community designed to help and support. We like to hear all sides.
I am looking forward to reading your opinions in future blogs and/or articles.
With my best regards
Will Price, CFO
AutismOne