…Expenditures The section on Autism Progress and Expenditures is the most expansive section on activities related to autism and the provisions within the Autism CARES Act of 2019. To fully…
…“catch” autism. It is genetic. We are born autistic, and are autistic our whole lives. Autism is a normal part of life. You cannot “prevent” or “cure” autism, and you…
…have autism diagnoses today is that what it means to be diagnosed with autism is much different today than it was in 1980. Diagnostic manuals were revised in 1994 and…
…developed separate from the broader, what would become, developmental disability advocacy movement; number two, the focus of autism parent advocacy was on what causes autism rather than on trying to…
…get rid of autism. It is impossible to get rid of or “cure” autism. But RFK thinks vaccines might cause autism. So RFK chose people to lead a study to…
…strengthen—not weaken—the infrastructure of support for the entire Autism community. Signed By: Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Colin Killick, Executive Director Autism Society of America, Christopher Banks, President and CEO Autism…
It is almost the end of Autism Acceptance Month. But the government keeps on hurting autistic and other disabled people. Last week, we joined other big autism and disability organizations…
…here, but before widespread autism diagnosis, we either went undiagnosed, or received different diagnoses than would be used today — for example, the outdated diagnosis of “childhood schizophrenia” for autism,…
…autism The anti-vaccine movement has led to a wave of fake “autism cures,” many of which have very real health risks. Kennedy recently promoted two of these fake cures when…
…Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya also announced that NIH would create a “new disease registry” focused on autism. This announcement led to public outcry and alarm across the autism community. Yesterday,…
