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In addition to the United States, we ship to the following countries:

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Our "Autism Warning Label" is available on a mouse pad, tote bag, shirts and even a Teddy bear!

We have many other Autism Awareness Product designs, too, like our best selling "Special Ed Teachers" line:

Our Autism Awareness bracelet, keychain/purse charm, Bookmark and new Autism Lanyard make great gifts!

Does your child's ID have their medical conditions on it? Every
Child ID kit that we carry has places to list medical conditions, allergies, medications, etc.

Give yourself peace of mind, knowing that your children are protected in case of an accident or emergency, at school, on field trips, or anywhere else.

LucasWorks autism products orders are filled by people with an autism spectrum disorder.

Check out our new Medical ID bracelet line, in your choice of sizes and styles to appeal to just about anyone.

Disposable Placemats keep your child clean and germ free when eating out.

Autism Spectrum Disorder - Autism Products

Do you have a child with an autism spectrum disorder?

LucasWorks has autism products to help!
We have child safety products, child id kits, independent living aids and autism awareness ideas.

But wait, there's more...many of our autism products are made and ALL of our orders are filled by people with an autism spectrum disorder! Your order gives them the opportunity to learn and practice job skills like packaging, word processing (for shipping labels, etc.), and more!

Teaching job skills - LucasWorks collaborates with our local school district's Vocational Training program to teach job skills to students with autism and developmental disabliities.

These students assemble autism products like our Apparel Indicating Thermometer and our Autism Awareness bracelet and other jewelry. They also prepare orders for shipping and keep inventory straight. As LucasWorks grows, we plan to employ people with autism and other disabilities.

Our goal here at LucasWorks is to offer high quality, affordable autism products to help you help your child, while providing job training and eventual employment to people with an autism spectrum disorder.

Learn more about us and our mission to help those with autism, through both training and with our autism products.

Keep them safe, teach them skills -
If you have a child with an autism spectrum disorder, LucasWorks can help you to keep them safe with our selection of child safety products. We have a child id kit for everyone, from those who need to wear one on their shoes, to those who can carry a wallet card.

We have autism products from independent living aids, to unique autism awareness items, to promote an understanding of autism, pdd and autism spectrum disorders.

Define Autism -
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) defines Autism as: "a complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication. Symptoms usually start before age three and can cause delays or problems in many different skills that develop from infancy to adulthood."

Autism Spectrum Disorder -
NICHHD explains Autism Spectrum Disorder as follows: "Different people with autism can have very different symptoms. Health care providers think of autism as a 'spectrum' disorder, a group of disorders with similar features. One person may have mild symptoms, while another may have serious symptoms. But they both have an autism spectrum disorder."

And if that's not enough to contend with, some of the other names that fall under the definition of Autism Spectrum Disorder are "classic autism", "Asperger's syndrome", "PDD-NOS (pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified)" and "atypical autism".

For Parents -
If you're the parent of a child recently diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, you can find articles about parenting an autistic child. We here at LucasWorks have been where you are, and remember just how hard it was.

Lucas, the youngest child of Lauren & Alan Padgett, founders of LucasWorks, was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder when he was 2.5 years old, and the doctors told the Padgetts that he would never speak or communicate. They were told to prepare for institutionalizing Lucas by the time he was around 10 years old, because in addition to autism, he was unbelievably hyperactive, which the doctors felt contributed to the prognosis that no one would ever be able to reach him or help him.

Lauren & Alan can now look back over the years, see how far Lucas has come, and try to offer you hope for the future. Don't let anyone tell you what your child with an autism spectrum disorder will or will not achieve; the truth is, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU AND YOUR CHILD ARE CAPABLE OF, DO THEY?

Of course, in addition to learning how to deal with and help someone with an autism spectrum disorder, the Padgetts also had to deal with figuring out how to keep Lucas safe, and with all of those "what if" questions, like, "what if he takes off in WalMart and I can't catch him" or "what if he gets out of the house through a window one day".

LucasWorks was started when the Padgetts found themselves having to design some of the autism products they needed to help Lucas, because they couldn't find what they needed on the market.

Now they want to give other parents a place to find autism products that will help them to help their child and to keep them safe, while also helping to teach job skills to people with an autism spectrum disorder. Ordering from LucasWorks autism products is a win-win situation for fighting autism!

Articles -
There is information and articles on helping your child to use a schedule at home, on products like Sanyo's "TV Guardian", which takes bad language out of TV shows, videos and DVD's, and we also try to provide you with some inspirational articles.

In addition to having first hand experience raising a son with autism, Lauren Padgett has also spent many years working as an advocate for those with autism spectrum disorders and other disabilities. She's not just talking as the parent of a child with an autism spectrum disorder, but also as someone who has worked at many different levels of both educational and advocacy groups to help provide the best services to children with special needs, especially those with an autism spectrum disorder.

So enjoy your visit to LucasWorks, and remember, every order for LucasWorks autism products helps provide job training to someone with autism. Some of our autism products are only found here at LucasWorks, and sure, you can find some of these autism products at other sites on the web, but where else can you buy them and help people with autism learn job skills at the same time?

LucasWorks - 808 Evergreen Rd., Magnolia, DE 19962 - Phone: 302-698-5352