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Archived | Autism Treatment & Research Hearing: Additional Statements For The Record | Circa April 17, 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD Senator Harkin. Well, I hope and trust that we’ll be looking at that and that NIH will be examining that. I hope this May 1 IRB will come through and it will be moving ahead on that, in that area of research. [The statements follow:] Prepared Statement of Senator Thad […]
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Archived | Autism Treatment & Research Hearing: Prepared Statement of Senator Richard J. Durbin | Circa April 17, 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly
PREPARED STATEMENT Senator Durbin. A few miles away from you live—- Mrs. Colston. I can’t move there. Senator Durbin [continuing]. The schools cannot provide the basic care that these children need. I think, I want to salute again my chairman, it sounds like I’m doing my best to get on his good side, but he […]
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Archived | Autism Treatment & Research Hearing: Autism In Other Countries & Allocation for Autism | Circa April 17, 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly
AUTISM IN OTHER COUNTRIES Senator Harkin. Well, Dr. Gerberding, obviously, CDC during your epidemiological studies also, I’m wondering, are they also looking at some of these environmental factors? Second, has CDC looked at autism rates in other countries? Has any research been done to see if countries in Europe and Asia have different autism prevalence […]
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Archived | Autism Treatment & Research Hearing: Statement Of Dr. Judith Favell | Circa April 17, 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly
Senator Harkin. Thank you very much. That is very poignant and heartfelt testimony. Next, we turn to Dr. Judith Favell, CEO of AdvoServ, a multi-State network of treatment programs for children and adults with developmental challenges. Dr. Favell received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Western University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, […]
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Archived | Statement Of Marguerite Colston, Director of Communications, Autism Society of America | Circa April 17, 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly
STATEMENT OF MARGUERITE COLSTON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA, BETHESDA, MARYLAND Mrs. Colston. Thank you. I’d like to thank Chairman Harkin, and Senator Specter and the members of the subcommittee for giving me the opportunity today to share my experience of living with a child on the autism spectrum. I also wanted to […]
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Archived | Autism Treatment & Research: Budget Allocations | Circa April 17, 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly
Senator Harkin. Thank you very much, Dr. Insel, and Dr. Gerberding. I’ll yield to Senator Specter. BUDGET ALLOCATIONS Senator Specter. Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman for accommodating my schedule. Dr. Insel, the funding for autism has risen, as I noted, from $27 million in 1998, to a projected budget in 2008 of $107,870,000–that’s […]
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