Resource fair planned Saturday in Las Vegas for World Autism Day
A free family fair in Las Vegas wants to offer resources to children and families with autism and other disabilities.
The Collaboration Center at LV Ranch will host Blue Light Night, an autism and developmental disability resource fair, in recognition of April as Autism Awareness Month and World Autism Day on Saturday. Resources and activities will take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at 8390 W. Windmill Lane.
The Resource Fair includes access to related community organizations such as NEAT Services, Boys Town Nevada, Grant a Gift Autism Foundation, Christopher Smith Foundation and Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada, according to a Thursday news release. The ranch will also host family-friendly fun activities like appearances from special characters, carnival games, a petting zoo and food trucks.
Blue Light Night is the last major event at LV Ranch before the Collaboration Center begins significant construction on the 5-acre property. The foundation is building an all-encompassing site for people of any age with intellectual, developmental and phsyical disabilities and their families. Resources, therapy, treatment, training and other support will all be co-located at the site once it is complete.
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