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Autism Speaks Appoints New Members to Board of Directors | Dec. 8, 2008 #AutisticHistory
Autism Speaks Appoints New Members to Board of Directors Investment Banking, Television Sports and Recording Industry Executives Join Autism Speaks Leadership NEW YORK, NY (December 8, 2008) – Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism advocacy organization, today announced the appointment of three new members to its board of directors: Artie Kempner, lead director for the…
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Cure Autism Now | Area autism group races to raise money for research | Jan. 17, 2001 #AutisticHistory
Area autism group races to raise money for research by Monica P. Wraga Gazette Newspapers Jan. 17, 2001 Before last summer, Susan Pereles of Potomac was only vaguely familiar with the term “autism.”But then doctors diagnosed her 2-year-old nephew with the disorder, which affects one person in 500, and she learned all she could about it. “Until…
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Cure Autism Now | Area athletes battle for a cure Hanks of the 49ers leads event to help raise funds and awareness for autism | Feb. 17, 1999 #AutisticHistory
The Home News TribuneFebruary 17, 1999Linda Davis Area athletes battle for a cure Hanks of the 49ers leads event to help raise funds and awareness for autism BLACKHAWK — Marva Hanks, comfy in jeans, bare feet and black T-shirt, snatches a coffee break in the breakfast nook while the phone rings and a film crew…
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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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Archive | Artie Kempner of Autism Speaks, Autism Delaware & Autism Society of America | #AutisticHistory #StopBigAutism #BanABA
Artie Kempner is the lead director for both the NFL and NASCAR on Fox. He joined Fox Sports in the fall of 1994 for its inaugural season covering the NFL. In 2001 Kempner and his production crew took over the number one team at Fox working with Troy Aikman, Cris Collinsworth and Joe Buck. Kempner…
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Archive | Holly Robinson Peete of Autism Speaks & HollyRod Foundation | #AutisticHistory #StopBigAutism #BanABA
Holly Robinson Peete is a board member of Autism Speaks and a co-founder of the HollyRod Foundation. Actress, author, activist and philanthropist, Holly Robinson Peete has been touched by the entertainment industry all of her life. Her career as an actress dates back more than two decades and has led her to becoming a voice…
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Archived | HollyRod Foundation: U.S. Ambassador, Nicole Avant, Raises Autism Awareness in The Bahamas | Circa August 14, 2010 #NotAnAutisticAlly #AutisticHistory
U.S. Ambassador, Nicole Avant, Raises Autism Awareness in The Bahamas Actress, bestselling author, and international autism activist Holly Robinson-Peete, and her husband former NFL quarterback, Rodney Peete, will be the special guests of United States Ambassador Nicole Avant at a reception on Monday August 16 to raise awareness about Autism. Nassau, Bahamas, The, August 14,…
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