Sacramento Autistic Spectrum and Special Needs Alliance

My family and I have consulted with Dave regarding school based and early intervention services. He has always had factual, supporting and helpful information to assist in advocating for our child’s best interests. I would and do refer Dave to anyone who needs help.

SASSNA is a committed organization, and it has been incredibly helpful to work with them. I recommend their high quality, professional services. They’re great at what they do.

Thank you Dave for your support and guidance regarding our daughters IEP. You helped us get her the appropriate services and we’re grateful. We really appreciate the impact your organization has as an advocate in our community.

Dave is excellent. Highly recommend. Wonderful services. Very helpful.

I must admit, Mr. Gaines is truly remarkable in his field. His assistance has been incredibly helpful to my family in obtaining custody of my son, who is on the autism spectrum. Without his expertise, the court wouldn’t have been able to get a better understanding of the autism spectrum as they did. He was exceptional during court. You can immediately notice his determination to help those with special needs and their families, as he did mine. Overall, he did an outstanding job by helping us with his knowledge of the autism spectrum. I urge you to consider supporting his cause and donating, if possible, so that he can continue to provide services to autistic individuals and their families. The work that he and his team do is truly priceless.

Very unprofessional in which Dave the owner works with clients and manages his business. I contacted this business with help in advocacy for my son who is in grade school with autism. I spoke with Dave and he spent the majority of our 30 min conversation talking without allowing me, the client, to hardly get a word in. I let this slide as I really wanted the services. However he firmly made mention that although their policy was to serve ALL clients regardless of whether or not they could pay, and that they were donation based, he made strong reference that payment would be needed for services. I did not mind this as I would have been happy to pay for helping my son. I received a couple of emails thereafter specifically urging I pay the "donation" fee. I felt uneasy about paying for something before services were rendered and did not understand how something non-obligatory as a donation required firm request for payment, but I eventually paid. Fast forward 1 month as we near the IEP meeting for my son, and I receive an email from Dave directly after 12am MIDNIGHT that stated specifically that their organization has not received my payment. This was the second email in the last 2 days. This is very unprofessional behavior to email a client after midnight asking for "donations". Maybe they do great work according to their "reviews" but be very leery of a company who is not upfront about their expectations for payment before services. If you are going to require payment, then require it rather than seem that you are performing a benevolent act for the greater good of those with autism.