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Anthony Edwards: Autistics have a voice. When you testified for the Children’s Health Act of 2000, you silenced us. | October 2000 #AutisticHistory
AutisticHistory | October 2000 Image description: Square image divided. Left side features blue background and an image of a man with some hair wearing a lab coat, green scrubs and a stethoscope. Quote: “Celebrity is a strange commodity. You can’t live in it or put it in the bank. And it doesn’t last all that…
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Cure Autism Now: President Clinton Signs Children’s Health Act, Will Provide $200 Million for Autism Research | Oct. 17, 2000 #AutisticHistory
President Clinton Signs Children’s Health Act, Will Provide $200 Million for Autism Research CAN Parents were Key to Success “At 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 2000 President Clinton signed the Children’s Health Act of 2000 into law. The United States government has spoken with compassion and vision for a large group of suffering Americans,…
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Cure Autism Now | TV Meets Reality: Brad Whitford Lobbies For Autism | April 23, 2001 #AutisticHistory
TV Meets Reality: Brad Whitford Lobbies For Autism By John Morgan, Spotlight HealthWith medical adviser Stephen A. Shoop, M.D. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. But for The West Wing star Brad Whitford, the truth about autism actually became fiction -as an episode of NBC’s Emmy-winning drama. In real life, Whitford has seen the face of…
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Cure Autism Now | POLITICAL ACTION NEWS: Senate Children’s Health Bill | July 12, 2000 #AutisticHistory #StopBigAutism
POLITICAL ACTION NEWS Senate Children’s Health BillWednesday July 12, 2000 Yesterday the Senate introduced a new bipartisan Children’s Health bill which includes provisions for centers of excellence in autism, epidemiology, physician education, gene and tissue banking. This bill is the direct result of two years of hard work by CAN and thousands of activist families across the nation. …
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