-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
Cure Autism Now | Autism a test case for genome research | Feb. 20, 2001 #AutisticHistory
Autism a test case for genome research By Faye Flam, INQUIRER STAFF WRITERThe Inquirer, philly.comTuesday, February 20, 2001 If all the hoopla is to be believed, the mapping of the human genome will lead to cures for everything from cancer to heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and autism. Indeed, the $3 billion Human Genome Project […]
-
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 […]
-
Cure Autism Now | Families Make the Critical Difference in the Pace of Autism Research Via The Advocate | April 1997 #AutisticHistory
March-April 1997The Advocate By Portia Iversen & Jonathan Shestack Families Make the Critical Difference in the Pace of Autism Research 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 the highest scientific […]
-
Autism Speaks | Top Ten Autism Research Findings of 2009 | Feb. 8, 2010 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Top Ten Autism Research Findings of 2009 Leading Autism Advocacy Organization Documents Progress to Discover Causes and Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 8, 2010)– Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, has released its annual list of the 10 most significant research achievements to have impacted autism during […]
-
Autism Speaks Introduces New High Risk-High Impact Initiative | Jan. 15, 2009 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Autism Speaks Introduces New High Risk-High Impact Initiative Two Million Dollars Awarded to First Round of Collaborative Research Workgroups NEW YORK, N.Y. (January 15, 2009) Autism Speaks announced the launch of its novel High Risk-High Impact (HR-HI) research initiative, conceived to support cutting edge research in areas that are under-investigated or which could benefit substantially […]
International Badass Activists 