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Autism Speaks Hails the Introduction of the Landmark Autism Treatment Acceleration Act | April 2, 2009 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Autism Speaks Hails the Introduction of the Landmark Autism Treatment Acceleration Act Wide-Ranging Legislation Addresses Key Issues Facing the Autism Community, Including Services for Adults and Insurance Reform NEW YORK, NY (April 2, 2009) – Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, today applauded the introduction of the groundbreaking Autism Treatment Acceleration Act…
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Autism Speaks | Autism Takes Center Stage at the DNC | August 28, 2008 #AutisticHistory #BanABA #OMFG #WTAF?
Autism Takes Center Stage at the DNC Denver, CO (August 28, 2008) Autism was part of the Democratic National Convention this week. Both Senator Hillary and Former President Bill Clinton highlighted autism in their speeches. Quotes from speeches: Senator Hillary Clinton:“I will always remember the single mom who had adopted two kids with autism. She didn’t have…
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Combating Autism Act of 2006: S.843 | Sponsors, Co-sponsors & Clients Lobbying | Circa 2005 – 2006 #AutisticHistory
Clients lobbying on S.843: Combating Autism Act of 2006 18 unique organization(s) has/have registered to lobby on this bill. Click on a client’s name to view all the bills on which they reported lobbying. Click on the number of reports to view all the client’s reports that mentioned this bill. Moving to the Sponsors tab…
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Archived | Autism Coalition: Congressional Autism Caucus | Circa July 2002 #NotAnAutisticAlly #AutisticHistory
Congressional Autism Caucus In 2001, U.S. Representatives Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and Michael Doyle (D-PA) founded the bi-partisan Autism Caucus. The Caucus, formally known as the Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE), currently includes over 170 members from over 40 states. To see if your representative is a part of the Caucus, scroll down (representatives are listed…
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Snapshot | Google alerts – autism | Circa December 30, 2015
[Note: Links are original to the email and most likely don’t work.] autismDaily update ⋅ December 30, 2015 NEWS NBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthDallas Family Agrees to Donate Brains for Autism ResearchNBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth“Whenever any member of our family is no longer using our brains, when we have passed on, we have committed to donate our brains for autism …Flag as…
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Archived | Tune-in: Suzanne Wright on CNN’s Larry King Live | March 21, 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly
Autism Speaks Co-founder Suzanne Wright appeared this week on CNN’s “Larry King Live” to discuss autism. Wright appeared along with Bill Cosby and Toni Braxton, the stars of the upcoming Concert for Autism Speaks on April 9 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Braxton was recently named national celebrity spokesperson for Autism…
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Archived | Statement Of Marguerite Colston, Director of Communications, Autism Society of America | Circa April 17, 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly
STATEMENT OF MARGUERITE COLSTON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA, BETHESDA, MARYLAND Mrs. Colston. Thank you. I’d like to thank Chairman Harkin, and Senator Specter and the members of the subcommittee for giving me the opportunity today to share my experience of living with a child on the autism spectrum. I also wanted to…
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