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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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Cure Autism Now | Autism Fund raising sends local trio to Hollywood premiere | July 29, 1997
July 29th, 1997 Autism Fund raising sends local trio to Hollwood premiere By Sally Friedman Special to the BCT It was the ultimate fantasy–a trip to Hollywood for the premiere of one of the hottest new films of the year, and a post-premiere party with Tinseltown’s elite. And for three Burlington County women that fantasy […]
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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 […]
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Finding A Web Of Support: Online sites offer information and a sense of community | Spring/Summer 1997
By CARLA KOEHL Park benches will always be great places to pick up parenting tips. So win back fences, doctors’ offices and board-rooms. But for families of children with disabilities, all the chats in the world can’t begin to provide the depth of information-and, often, the level of understanding and sympathy that’s available online. Which […]
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