The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Foundation

In 1974 John Johnston founded Barbara Piasecka Johnson Foundation. Its goal was to help the students and young professionals from Poland to continue their studies in the USA. The foundation was particularly helpful in the areas of art, medicine, and international humanitarian actions. Later the foundation helped the victims of the martial law and the outposts of the health care and community homes in Poland. Recently Barbara’s niece, Beata Piasecka, manages the foundation. The problem of autism is of particular interest for the Foundation. Barbara Johnson gave the Foundation her collection of Polish art with the understanding that all income obtained from its sale will be devoted solely to the realization of a long-term program consisting of dissemination of the knowledge of autism and of founding of centers of early detection of autism in major Polish cities. The Foundation collaborates with the Princeton Child Development Institute and with the Center for Autistic Children and Teenagers in Gdansk, Poland. The Foundation also contributed to creation of Polish Association for Behavioral Therapy and of centers of early intervention in Poznan and Cracow.