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On Autism’s Cause, It’s Parents vs. Research | June 25, 2005 #AutisticHistory
On Autism’s Cause, It’s Parents vs. Research Kristen Ehresmann, a Minnesota Department of Health official, had just told a State Senate hearing that vaccines with microscopic amounts of mercury were safe. Libby Rupp, a mother of a 3-year-old girl with autism, was incredulous. “How did my daughter get so much mercury in her?” Ms. Rupp…
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Springfree™ Trampoline Partners with Autism Speaks to Raise Awareness and Funds for Autism Research and Services | May 14, 2013 #AutisticHistory
Springfree™ Trampoline Partners with Autism Speaks to Raise Awareness and Funds for Autism Research and Services Combining Ground-Breaking Innovation and the Highest Safety Standards in the World, Springfree Trampoline to Participate in Various Autism Speaks Initiatives, Including National Walk Now Events and Social Media Programs May 14, 2013 08:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Springfree…
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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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Link Between Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Thimerosal Remains Unclear | Oct. 1, 2001 #AutisticHistory #AutismMyth
Link Between Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Thimerosal Remains Unclear WASHINGTON — Current scientific evidence neither proves nor disproves a link between the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal and neurodevelopmental disorders in children, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. While very few vaccines given to children in the United States today still…
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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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