…to the IACC about Autism Research The IACC makes recommendations about where federal funds for autism research should go and what subjects should be prioritized. The IACC meets several times…
ASAN applauds Build-A-Bear Workshop’s decision to end their partnership with Autism Speaks. For years, self-advocates and families have urged corporate donors to reconsider their funding to Autism Speaks, pointing out…
…we urge the media and policymakers to recall this and avoid promoting irresponsible and inaccurate links between autism, mental health and violence. Research has indicated that Americans on the autism…
…in research about autism. To answer research questions that are considered relevant by the autistic community. To use research findings to effect positive change for people on the autism spectrum….
By Estée Klar; originally posted on the blog The Joy of Autism, now archived here. Adam and I have been busy. He’s typing out more sentences and we’re talking a…
…autism.” I tried to convince her she was mistaken and that Asperger’s was very different from what she might have learned about autism. That people with Asperger’s certainly could talk,…
On April 22nd, 2015, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued the following statement regarding the CDC’s recent announcement as to the expansion of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network…
On July 10th, the federal government’s Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC) released a new report analyzing the distribution of autism research dollars in 2010. This report – entitled the…
On December 7, 2015, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) issued the following statement regarding Autism Speaks’ recent appointment of two Autistic people to its Board of Directors. On December…
On July 10th, the federal government’s Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC) released a new report analyzing the distribution of autism research dollars in 2010. This report – entitled the…
