KOSCIUSKO — Lakes Area Autism Network was presented with a check for $1,038. Tippy Creek Winery did a matching donation of $519 the remaining money came from the community which paid $1 admission at Tippy Creek Winery’s Art Festival on April 22nd.   Thanks to everyone who attended!

WINONA LAKE — Lakes Area Autism Network and Bowen Center will present “Training and Education Across the Autism Spectrum” for parents, professionals and the community on March 10. The event will be held at Winona Lake Grace Brethren in The Hub. There is a cost. The event will begin at 9 a.m. with registration and …read more.

WARSAW — The Bowen Center and the Lakes Area Autism Network have announced several Autism-related events for the second half of 2015.

  In Chicago author Richard Rose’s novel, “The Lazarus Conspiracies,” murder, mystery and one man’s quest for justice all lead back to one location: North Webster. Now, the Hoosier-born Rose has begun a sequel, which will be set almost entirely in the local area. In “The Lazarus Conspiracies,” Rose, tells of a Chicago police officer …read more.

By PHIL SMITH The Lakes Area Autism Network will hold an event in Syracuse on Nov. 15 to help raise awareness of autism spectrum disorders as well as to help support families affected by those disorders. The “Run for Autism” 5K and one-mile event will begin at 9 a.m. at Wawasee High School in Syracuse …read more.

A summer fashion show and luncheon at the Oakwood Resort will benefit the Lakes Area Autism Network. Doors open at noon, and lunch will follow at 1 p.m. June 22. LAAN was created in January 2012 as a way to provide support and resources for all people living with autism. Families, caretakers and professionals in …read more.

The number of children diagnosed with autism has risen 78 percent in the last decade. Based on a report by the Centers for Disease Control, in 2012, it was announced the incidence had climbed to 1 in 88 children. The Lakes Area Autism Network was established in January 2012 for the purpose of providing support …read more.