…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…
…National Autism Coordinator ensure that all coordinating agencies know about all the autism activities being worked on and how the NIH checks that agencies do not conduct duplicative autism activities…
…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…
…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diagnosis, we either went undiagnosed, or received different diagnoses than would be used today — for example, the outdated diagnosis of “childhood schizophrenia” for autism,…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…
…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…
…the autism spectrum, has resulted in more autism spectrum diagnoses. These increasing numbers, however, fail to take into account the substantial number of individuals on the autism spectrum who, as…
…an autism diagnosis & autism services & supports. While research is starting to grasp the gender disparities in accessing an autism diagnosis, there is little discussion about accessing an autism…
