…on the Inter-Agency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), which is responsible for overseeing all federal funds used on autism research, and in federally-funded programs on autism and other intellectual and developmental…
…we thought were urgent issues, urgent problems. And a lot of adults with autism, particularly those who describe themselves as a kind of neurodiversity community, are high-functioning people with autism,…
…the harm caused by functioning labels like “severe autism” or “low-functioning” autism; this new proposed term is no different. Instead of rehashing old, harmful arguments about functioning labels, we should…
…a statement on genetic research and autism. Written in plain language, this statement gives background information on autism research, lays out ASAN’s concerns about genetic research as applied to autism,…
…focusing on advancing Autistic community and culture, issued the following statement on November 12th, 2013 regarding Autism Speaks’ “Autism Speaks to Washington” Policy Summit: We are profoundly concerned by Autism…
…the National Institutes of Health and other key autism research funders, but the area received very little investment as a result of the new autism research dollars made available by…
…on autism, research assistant at the UC Berkeley Psychology and Disability Labs, and was the first nonspeaking president of the student group, Autism:Spectrum At Cal. As a Haas Scholar, he…
…Only children are autistic. Autism disappears after childhood. Fact: Autism is lifelong. Autistic children become autistic adolescents and autistic adults. The neurological diversity of autism does not disappear over time…
To the Autism Society of York, Pennsylvania: The York, PA Autism Society has a well established history of working to advance understanding and support for families in the York and…
…autism through the lens of deficiency, sterotypes, and I AM AUTISM I EAT CHILDREN “awareness” campaigns; and the move into an exciting frontier of new community-engaged and inclusive autism research…
