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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: […]

September 9, 2022
Autism: A Real Epidemic Or Better Counting? | Part 2 Of A Series

[Content Warning: Autistic history is very triggering. Please take caution this piece includes ableism, stigma, eugenics, homophobia, abuse, and more.] Autism: A Real Epidemic Or Better Counting? INVENTING AND THEN CASHING IN ON THE AUTISM EPIDEMIC SERIES | PART 2 By Eve Reiland Hollywood magic and celebrities for awareness were instrumental in bringing attention to […]

August 6, 2022
S.512 – Advancement in Pediatric Autism Research Act | 106th Congress (1999-2000)

S.512 – Advancement in Pediatric Autism Research Act 106th Congress (1999-2000) Text version | PDF Introduced in Senate (03/02/1999) Advancement in Pediatric Autism Research Act – Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of NIH with respect to […]

July 5, 2022
Dear Celebrities: If You Want To Support Autistics, Then The Time Is Now To Stop Silencing Us & Listen Up

[Jump To The Most Recent Celebrity List >>] In the past two decades celebrities, some knowingly and many unknowingly, have consistently spoken over Autistics to support Cure Autism Now, Autism Speaks, and their cohorts in the name of ’autism awareness’ or to ’save a generation of children’ from being Autistic. Some of these celebrities have […]

March 28, 2022
Cure Autism Now | Autism Group Works Toward Brightening the Future | 2001 #AutisticHistory

Autism Group Works Toward Brightening the Future By ROSIE MESTEL, Times Medical Writer Jon Shestack, left, with family members Miriam, 7, Gabriel, 3, mom Portia Iverson and 8-year-old Dov, who is autistic. On a recent Monday morning, 8-year-old Dov Shestack is off to Culver City, backpack full of snacks and a change of clothes. After […]

March 19, 2022
Children’s Health Act of 2000 (PDF Avail.) | October 17, 2000 #AutisticHistory

PUBLIC LAW 106–310—OCT. 17, 2000Public Law 106–310 106th Congress Children’s Health Act The Children’s Health Act of 2000 (Pub.L. 106–310, 114 Stat. 1101, enacted October 17, 2000), signed by President Clinton on October 17, 2000, was brought into law to conduct a study focusing on children from before conception to 21 years of age. The law authorized the formation of federal […]

March 12, 2022
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 […]

March 11, 2022