
Comments for the July 10th IACC Meeting
…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…
…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…
…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diagnosis, we either went undiagnosed, or received different diagnoses than would be used today — for example, the outdated diagnosis of “childhood schizophrenia” for autism,…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…
…autism is caused by an “injury,” by something external going wrong, makes people more afraid of autism and of autistics. So does the idea that it is better for a…
…to know. That is why ASAN talks about autism acceptance instead of autism awareness. To learn more about autism acceptance, go to AutismAcceptanceMonth.com Autism in the Media When autistic people…
Today, the administration announced its recognition of “World Autism Awareness Day.” This is a step backwards from the previous administration’s recognition of World Autism Acceptance Day. But this change is…