Support Groups

SouthWest, MO

Welcome to the South West Missouri GRASP support group!

CONTACT: The facilitator is Rachal Bales (rachalbales@yahoo.com)

WHEN AND WHERE: Please see the GRASP calendar for details on upcoming meetings - we generally meet the 3rd Friday of each month from 6:30-8:30.

We meet at the Frisco Building in Joplin, MO. It is located at 6th and Main Streets, with parking in the public lot behind the building.

DIRECTIONS: From I-71 North: Take Rangeline Road (business 71) south to 7th street. Turn right, and travel west until you come to Virginia St. Turn right, and immediately left into the parking lot. The Frisco building is at the north end of the parking lot. From I-43 North: Take 43 (Main st.) south to 6th and Main. Turn left and go up the ramp into the parking lot. From I-43 South or I-44 East or West: From I-44, take the 43, or Joplin/Racine, exit. Turn onto 43 north (Main st). Travel north until you come to 6th and Main st. Turn right and go up the ramp into the parking lot.

WHO: Anyone on the spectrum is invited, plus those in support roles if they clearly identify their role. Membership information is kept through the main GRASP office, so you must subscribe before you can attend.  This allows your membership to remain as anonymous as you desire.  We respectfully request that anyone in attendance not share with others the names of anyone else they have seen at a meeting.

COST: All GRASP groups are absolutely FREE to attend. However, GRASP survives on funding from foundations, corporations, and generous individuals. If you wish to donate to GRASP, we would gratefully appreciate it (and we’re almost certain to need it). You can make a tax-deductible donation with a credit card via our DONATE page or mail your check made out to GRASP to: GRASP, 666 Broadway, Suite 830, New York, NY 10012

GRASP Support Network Removal Policy
(out of over 5000 people, we've luckily only had to use this 7 times.
But there'll be more— we are vulnerable by design as we do not demand that everyone bring often-expensive proof of diagnosis)