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…
…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…
…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….
…(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 &…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…citizens on the autism spectrum as defective. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network recommends that the term “birth defects” not be used in connection with an autism registry or any autism-related…
…guidance in interpretation of results.” We strongly recommend that the federal agencies that fund autism research endorse this socially responsible position and mandate the involvement of individuals on the autism…
…that a rate of about 18% – 23% of teenagers who suffer from anorexia also meet the diagnostic criteria for an autism spectrum disorder. By contrast, the prevalence of autism…
