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Tag: 1997

Cure Autism Now | Autism Fund raising sends local trio to Hollywood premiere | July 29, 1997

July 29th, 1997 Autism Fund raising sends local trio to Hollwood premiere By Sally Friedman Special to the BCT It was the ultimate fantasy–a trip to Hollywood for the premiere of one of the hottest new films of the year, and a post-premiere party with Tinseltown’s elite. And for three Burlington County women that fantasy […]

September 8, 2022
Families Make the Critical Difference in the Pace of Autism Research | March-April 1997

Families Make the Critical Difference in the Pace of Autism Research The Advocate March-April 1997 by: Portia Iversen & Jonathan Shestack Families of people with autism have taken the lead in genetic research by forming AGRE, the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange. This is the world’s first truly collaborative gene bank for autism. It is administered with […]

September 7, 2022
Finding A Web Of Support: Online sites offer information and a sense of community | Spring/Summer 1997

By CARLA KOEHL Park benches will always be great places to pick up parenting tips. So win back fences, doctors’ offices and board-rooms. But for families of children with disabilities, all the chats in the world can’t begin to provide the depth of information-and, often, the level of understanding and sympathy that’s available online. Which […]

September 7, 2022
Cure Autism Now(CAN) Funds research in search of answers | Fall/Winter 1997

Cure Autism Now(CAN) Funds research in search of answers COSAC Outreach, Fall/Winter 1997 by Jon Shestack The Cure Autism Now (CAN) foundation was established in California almost two years ago by a group of parents, clinicians and researchers. In looking for answers for their own children and patients, they were shocked to find how little […]

September 7, 2022
Cure Autism Now | July 1997 Update

CAN Information 5225 Wilshire Blvd. #503 LA CA. 90036 (213) 549-0500, FAX: (213) 549-0547 E-mail: CAN@primenet.com, website: http//www.canfoundation.org UPDATE: July 1997 CAN Biomedical Research Conferences: Los Angeles:CAN has sponsored two conferences for parents and professionals in Los Angeles, featuring Dr. Ricki Robinson, to learn about the latest biological interventions and research. They were attended by over 700 people. In […]

September 7, 2022
Cure Autism Now | Whose DNA Is It, Anyway? | Oct. 24, 1997 #AutisticHistory

Oct.24th, 1997Whose DNA Is It, Anyway?Eliot Marshall Three NIH institutes are trying to open up collections of DNA to spur hunts for disease genes, but clinicians fear that molecular biologists will skim the cream off years of their painstaking work “I thought the movie business was rough,” says Los Angeles filmmaker Jon Shestack, but in […]

March 10, 2022
Cure Autism Now | Extra help for kids with autism | Oct. 12, 1997 #AutisticHistory

The Record of Hackensack, NJSunday, Oct. 12, 1997. Extra help for kids with autismby Mary Amoroso Heidi Rogers and her husband were concerned when their son Andrew wasn’t talking by the age of 18 months, but they chalked it up to the multiple ear infections he’d had. At 2 years of age, he still wasn’t […]

March 10, 2022