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Dear Celebrities: If You Want To Support Autistics, Then The Time Is Now To Stop Silencing Us & Listen Up
By Eve Reiland, InternationalBadassActivists.org 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. [Jump To The Most Recent Celebrity List >>] Some…
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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 | Young Daughter’s Autism Presents Challenges | Dec. 20, 1998 #AutisticHistory
Hanks Family a Special Team Young Daughter’s Autism Presents Challenges Article from San Jose Mercury News By Ann Killion, Mercury News Staff Columnist December 20, 1998 – SOMETIMES WHEN we’re preoccupied with sticking our sports heroes on pedestals,obsessing about their tackling ability and treating them like two-dimensional objects, we should take a moment to remember that they are…
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Slade Gorton | Gorton and Doug Flutie Team Up to Tackle Autism | May 5, 1999 #AutisticHistory
Gorton and Doug Flutie Team Up to Tackle Autism Senators, Congressmen, Football Great and Actor Join Forces to Find a Cure for Devastating Disease WASHINGTON DC–Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA) has recruited new teammates in his efforts to find a cure for autism. Gorton joined Senators Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Representatives James Greenwood (R-PA),…
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Slade Gorton | Q: What do “ER” star Anthony Edwards and Football Great Doug Flutie have in common? | 1999 #AutisticHistory
Q: What do “ER” star Anthony Edwards and Football Great Doug Flutie have in common? A: They will meet with me this week to discuss their personal experiences with Autism. This year and in years past, I have introduced legislation to combat this disease, which is the third most common developmental disorder to afflict children. Though…
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A Day In Washington: An Open Letter To All Families From Jon Shestack, co-founder of CAN | May 21, 2000 #AutisticHistory #StopBigAutism
A DAY IN WASHINGTON An Open Letter To All Families From Jon Shestack, co-founder of CAN Dear Friends, On Wednesday, May 5th, I had the privilege of joining Doug Flutie (star quarterback for the Buffalo Bills and the father of a little boy with autism) and Anthony Edwards (Actor and CAN Honorary Board member) for…
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