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  • Cure Autism Now: POLITICAL ACTION ALERT | May 13, 2001

    POLITICAL ACTION ALERT – Sunday, May 13, 2001 We need the immediate help of everyone in the developmentally disabled community! A group of families have recently begun an effort to get some tax relief for the more than three million families in the US who have children with developmental disabilities. The basic idea is to…

  • An Overview of the Recent Cure Autism Now Scientific Advisory Board Meetings By Donald Ham | 2000

    Cure Autism Now working towards results? Or is it just holding interesting meetings that do not really go anywhere? This was the question Dr. Marnin Kligfeld, parent of an autistic child, brought with him as he observed a session during the recent Cure Autism Now weekend of meetings in Santa Monica, California. Leading scientists, researchers,…

  • Cure Autism Now: Antibiotics for Autism | December 2000

    Antibiotics for Autism Ivanhoe Broadcast News December 2000 Antibiotics for Autism Antibiotics for AutismTelevision News Service/Medical BreakthroughsIvanhoe Broadcast News, Inc. December 2000 (Ivanhoe Newswire) — According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 1 in every 500 people has autism — a developmental disorder that affects language and social skills. For years it’s been largely…

  • Cure Autism Now: Unite The Fight | November 5, 1996

    Unite The Fight Collaboration is a cornerstone of CAN’s policy. In the past, the autism community has been weakened from within by disagreements between various groups over issues such as aversives, inclusion, diagnostics etc. But there is so much more on which we all agree, most importantly, that we will work for a better life…

  • Open Your Eyes: International Autism Awareness Project | April 2000

    Open Your Eyes  International Autism Awareness Project The Hear-Their-Silence Rally held in Washington DC on April 8, 2000 was tremendous. The many and various agencies which joined together to ensure the roaring success of the rally should be justifiably proud of themselves.  Our particular congratulations go to Unlocking Autism which spearheaded the Open Your Eyes project, displaying hundreds of pictures of…

  • Cure Autism Now: The Advancement in Pediatric Autism Research Act | 1999

    S.2263HR.4203 This historic legislation is designed to greatly increase funding and awareness of autism, a severe neurological disorder that currently affects over 400,000 individuals in the United States alone, and one in every 500 children born today, at an annual national cost of over $13.3 billion dollars. Sponsored by: The main points of the legislation:…

  • Autism and Childhood Vaccines Hearing Testimony: Q & A Panel 3 | April 6, 2000

    Autism and Childhood Vaccines Hearing Testimony: Q & A Panel 3 | April 6, 2000

    Let me start the question with you. Do you subscribe to the theory that part of the problems of kids getting autism is caused by the vaccine? Dr. Cook. I guess that is a direct question to me, having evaded that. Mr. Burton. Yes. Dr. Cook. I have heard more today than I knew before…