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…learn and progress in her mission. Ally to the Autistic Community 2024 Award: Shannon Des Roches Rosa Shannon Rosa is senior editor of Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism, an autism…
September 10, 2024
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Comments at November 30, 2007 IACC Meeting
…public policy deliberations about autism and disability affairs. As an individual on the autism spectrum myself – I am an Asperger’s autistic – I am heartened to see the interest…
December 8, 2007
Comments for April 13-14th IACC Meeting
…support for high-quality autism research. The Background Behind “Profound Autism” On December 6, 2021, the Lancet Commission, a group of 32 autism researchers, clinicians, and advocates, released a report that…
March 31, 2022
ASAN Comments on the IACC Strategic Plan
These comments were submitted to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) regarding their strategic plan. Every year the government distributes funds for research on autism. The IACC makes recommendations about…
November 22, 2021
Welcome to the Rest of International Autism Acceptance Year!
…Month and the Autism Society of Northern Virginia’s Autism Acceptance Walk. At the end of April, an Autism Positivity Flash Blog was created so that people searching for autism online…
May 7, 2012
Disability Community Joint Letter on Combating Autism Act Re-authorization
…with monitoring federal research and programs concerning autism, advising the Secretary of Health and Human Services on federal activities related to autism, and developing the Strategic Plan for Autism Research….
April 9, 2014
ASAN Letter Urging FDA to Release Final Rule
…(AANE) Association of University Centers on Disabilities Atlantis ADAPT Autism National Committee (AutCom) Autism Society of America Autism Society of Minnesota Autism Speaks Autistic Self Advocacy Network Autistic Women &…
November 26, 2024
ASAN Statement on Autism CARES Act
…with a majority of individuals on the autism spectrum. Regrettably, Autism Speaks and its allies actively lobbied against the inclusion of provisions expanding self-advocate representation in research, re-balancing autism research…
June 10, 2014
Awareness Is Not Enough
…representation. If the majority of autism organizations celebrated Autism Acceptance Month instead of Autism Awareness Month, I would not have been so scared the day I received the news. I…
April 2, 2012
Comments at March 14, 2008 IACC Meeting
…murder of an autistic child by her mother a mere four days after her statement. The inaccurate and incomplete picture of the autism spectrum that Autism Speaks has chosen to…
March 14, 2008