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Join us outside the Boone County Courthouse in downtown Columbia for this year's Light It Up Blue event! This fun evening of activities and prizes will help raise autism awareness in the Columbia community. Come help us light up Columbia with our presence! Parking available in the Eight and Walnut Plaza Garage. Click here toContinue reading "2018 Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness"

Join Alpha Xi Delta for Columbia's first autism awareness walk! We will meet at the Nickell and Lamb shelters in Cosmo Park. Go here to register: http://act.autismspeaks.org/site/TR?fr_id=3971&pg=entry

This FREE, informative and resourceful day will provide families, service providers, educators, community members and advocates, opportunities to learn more about the transition process, career and/or college readiness, and how to assist students in planning and preparing for a meaningful life leading up to, and after graduation. > Transition Process > Alternatives to Guardianship andContinue reading "Family Resource Day"

The Thompson Foundation is excited to invite you to the 12th Annual Heroes Among Us Dinner Gala & Auction. The evening includes live and silent auctions and a wine pull. Our Honorary Chairs are former St. Louis Blues Right Winger Scott Mellanby and his wife, Sue. They will share their own personal story about their family's journey withContinue reading "Heroes Among Us Gala"

Join us for a night of fun to support the Thompson Center! Tickets: $25 Purchase a table of 8: $160 Sponsor Opportunities Available! Light Snacks Provided Outside Food & Drinks Welcome! Tickets: https://one.bidpal.net/tctrivianight/welcome Cosmopolitan Clubs-Cosmo Community Center 1715 Burlington St, Columbia, Missouri 65202

Join us for a FREE day filled with sensory-friendly activities, petting zoo, food trucks, music and educational tables from community organizations! To register a team to walk, visit: https://one.bidpal.net/autismwalk. For ANY questions, please contact Natalie Kukulka at nkukulka@yahoo.com.

The Thompson Center and Thompson Foundation are SO EXCITED that Kathleen Madigan and Lewis Black are returning to the Missouri Theatre on May 6 for a night of hilarity for charity! Proceeds of this event benefit the Thompson Center! Buy tickets now! https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/muconcerts/EN/buy/details/9im0506    

Join the Mizzou Theatre Department for this amazing, FREE sensory-friendly performance of the delightful children's play "Corduroy." The performance is at 1 p.m. on June 21 at Studio 4 on the MU campus, located at 672 Hitt St. Columbia, MO 65211. This performance is specially adapted for children with ASD, but ALL children and familiesContinue reading "Free Sensory-Friendly Performance of Corduroy"

Support the Thompson Center through an amazing night of wine and magic! Internationally renowned magician David Minkin comes to Columbia for the first time to help support the Thompson Center. Don't miss this mind-blowing night of magic and wine! VERY limited seating is available, so buy your tickets fast! Tickets available at https://thompsoncenter.missouri.edu/wineandmagic Be aContinue reading "Magic and Wine"

Join the Thompson Foundation for Autism for this amazing night of Wine and Magic, featuring International Champion of Magic David Minkin. “Magic and Wine” David’s weekly live show in Los Angeles, which Johnny Depp called “The greatest thing I’ve ever seen,” is the longest running one-man magic show in California and one of the highestContinue reading "2019 Heroes Among Us Gala"

Break out your costumes and come to the Thompson Center for trick or treating! Come get gobs of candy and show off your fun costumes from 4-5:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 at the Thompson Center clinic! ALL Thompson Center patients AND their families are welcome! We'll see you there!

Twelve years after the multiple Emmy Award winning HBO film AUTISM: THE MUSICAL was filmed, HBO commissioned a short film to check in on the five children featured in the 2008 documentary. View both films for free at the St. Louis International Film Festival on Nov. 10.   For more information, visit: https://www.cinemastlouis.org/sliff/autism-musical-and-autism-sequel