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Cure Autism Now Parent Advisory Board as of June 1996
The CAN Parent Advisory Board The CAN international parent board will monitor research efforts from around the world, circulate the latest findings among the scientific work group, and coordinate fundraising. CAN believes that it is the interaction between concerned parents and researchers in the field that will help keep motivation high and the pace of…
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Cure Autism Now | The Autism Genetic Resource Exchange | August 1996
The Autism Genetic Resource Exchange A time for work, a time for hope, a time for gathering together Some little known facts about autism: Autism is not rare. Autism is the third most common developmental disorder. Two out of every 1000 children born in the US will be on the autistic spectrum. Autism currently effects…
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Cure Autism Now | Autism Fund raising sends local trio to Hollywood premiere | July 29, 1997
July 29th, 1997 Autism Fund raising sends local trio to Hollwood premiere By Sally Friedman Special to the BCT It was the ultimate fantasy–a trip to Hollywood for the premiere of one of the hottest new films of the year, and a post-premiere party with Tinseltown’s elite. And for three Burlington County women that fantasy…
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Families Make the Critical Difference in the Pace of Autism Research | March-April 1997
Families Make the Critical Difference in the Pace of Autism Research The Advocate March-April 1997 by: Portia Iversen & Jonathan Shestack Families of people with autism have taken the lead in genetic research by forming AGRE, the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange. This is the world’s first truly collaborative gene bank for autism. It is administered with…
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Finding A Web Of Support: Online sites offer information and a sense of community | Spring/Summer 1997
By CARLA KOEHL Park benches will always be great places to pick up parenting tips. So win back fences, doctors’ offices and board-rooms. But for families of children with disabilities, all the chats in the world can’t begin to provide the depth of information-and, often, the level of understanding and sympathy that’s available online. Which…
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