MEETINGS
Autism Society, Central Virginia events: 7 p.m. today, Parents of Children with Asperger's Syndrome/HFA Interest Group; 7 p.m. Tuesday, board meeting; 10 a.m. Wednesday, Parents of Children with Asperger's Syndrome/HFA Interest Group; 7 p.m. Friday, Home and Community Based Medicaid Waivers workshop; 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Inclusive Logo Club, Bon Air Library, 9103 Rattlesnake Road. All events will be held at River Road United Methodist Church, 8800 River Road, unless otherwise specified. Free. Details: (804) 257-0192 or email asacv@aol.com.
National Alliance on Mental Illness-Central Virginia Chapter, 7 p.m. Thursday, Weinstein JCC, 5403 Monument Ave. Mira Signer, executive director of NAMI-Virginia, will discuss mental-health legislative issues for 2012. Free. Details: (804) 285-1749.
Overeaters Anonymous, 12-step help for compulsive overeaters, bulimics and anorexics. Midday, evening and weekend meetings in the Richmond area, both north and south of the river. No dues, fees or weigh-ins. Details: (804) 882-2504 or www.richmondoa.com.
SUPPORT GROUPS
Richmond Brain Tumor Support Group, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Education Center at St. Mary's Hospital, 5801 Bremo Road. Carol Roberts will speak. Survivors, family and friends are welcome. Details: (877) 284-3905 or email curebt@hotmail.com.
Widowed Persons Services, 2 to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Three Chopt Presbyterian Church, 9315 Three Chopt Road. Details: Nancy Burner, (804) 270-4221.
The Brain Injury Association of Virginia, Richmond Support Group, meets Jan. 16, Children's Hospital, 2924 Brook Road. Networking starts at 6:15 p.m. in the auditorium, and meeting starts at 6:30. Adults with brain injury, family members and friends are welcome. Details: Christine Baggini, (804) 355-5748.
WORKSHOP
"Essential Pieces," for parents with children on the autism spectrum, 6 to 7 p.m. Jan. 16, Trinity Lutheran Church, 2315 N. Parham Road, for an open house. The workshops will be held Monday evenings from 6 to 7 p.m. beginning Jan. 23-Feb. 27. Bring your children on the autism spectrum and siblings to a social group that will run concurrently. To register the children for the social group, visit LFSVA.org. For details or to register, call Taneika Goldman, (804) 288-0122, ext. 228, or email tgoldman@lfsva.org.
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