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POLITICAL ACTION ALERT VIA CAN, NAAR & ASA | September 22, 1999
This is a joint announcement by CAN, NAAR and ASA. POLITICAL ACTION ALERT Wednesday, September 22, 1999 Hearings have been called in the Senate and the House! The Senate heard testimony supporting Senate bill S.512 on September 16, and the House hearing in support of HR997 and HR274 will occur on October 5. This legislation…
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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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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 $200 Million for Autism Research CAN Parents were Key to Success “At 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 2000 President Clinton signed the Children’s Health Act of 2000 into law. The United States government has spoken with compassion and vision for a large group of suffering Americans,…
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Cure Autism Now | Law moves children one step closer to cure | Nov. 1, 2000 #AutisticHistory #StopBigAutism
Law moves children one step closer to cure By Evelyn Tan PowersUSA TODAYNov 1, 2000 The quietly overwhelmed parents of children with autism found new reason for hope in mid-October when President Clinton signed the Children’s Health Act of 2000. The law is a victory for one parent in particular: Jonathan Shestack, producer of the…
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Cure Autism Speaks | CONGRESS GIVES WAR ON AUTISM BIG BOO$T | Oct. 13, 2000 #AutisticHistory
New York PostCONGRESS GIVES WAR ON AUTISM BIG BOO$TFriday,October 13,2000By TRACY CONNOR A groundbreaking bill that aims to put autism research and education on the fast track is awaiting President Clinton’s signature after getting congressional approval. The organization Cure Autism Now, which has been lobbying for passage of the bill for three years, says the…
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Gorton Testifies Before Senate Panel on Autism Research | Sept. 16, 1999 #AutisticHistory #AutismPolitics
Gorton Testifies Before Senate Panel on Autism Research September 16, 1999 Actor Anthony Edwards and UW Scientist, Geraldine Dawson Join in Support for Gorton’s Autism Research Bill WASHINGTON DC–Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA) testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Health today about the need for increased efforts to research the causes and possible prevention methods for…
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