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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 | TV Meets Reality: Brad Whitford Lobbies For Autism | April 23, 2001 #AutisticHistory
TV Meets Reality: Brad Whitford Lobbies For Autism By John Morgan, Spotlight HealthWith medical adviser Stephen A. Shoop, M.D. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. But for The West Wing star Brad Whitford, the truth about autism actually became fiction -as an episode of NBC’s Emmy-winning drama. In real life, Whitford has seen the face of…
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Cure Autism Now | POLITICAL ACTION NEWS: Senate Children’s Health Bill | July 12, 2000 #AutisticHistory #StopBigAutism
POLITICAL ACTION NEWS Senate Children’s Health BillWednesday July 12, 2000 Yesterday the Senate introduced a new bipartisan Children’s Health bill which includes provisions for centers of excellence in autism, epidemiology, physician education, gene and tissue banking. This bill is the direct result of two years of hard work by CAN and thousands of activist families across the nation. …
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Archive | 2007 Autism Treatment & Research Hearing | #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Autism Treatment and Research Hearing 2007 Funding Autism Research A hearing was held on progress made since the subcommittee’s April 17, 2007, hearing on autism in the United States. Dr. Insel talked about autism research initiatives the the National Institutes of Health and various statistical analyses associated with research. He was followed by a panel of parents who testified about their experiences with…
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Video | Celebrity Influencer Bradley Whitford Testifies At Senate Hearing As A Volunteer Of Autism Speaks. Autistics Not Included. | Circa April 17, 2007 #NotAnAutisticAlly #BanABA
TW: Ableism, bigotry, Autistic & disability abuse,tragedy/fear/violence/burden narrative, Autistic dehumanization, filicide & suicide ideation, eugenics, autism myth & propaganda, autism prevalence, ABA and more. Bradley Whitford, a non-Autistic actor who has a friend with an autistic child, testifies to senators at the Autism Treatment & Research Hearing in 2007. This celebrity influencer spoke for Autistics…
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Video | The 2007 Autism Hearing That Didn’t Include Autistics But Did Include Senator Tom Harkin, Autism Society of America and Autism Speaks, Pt. 1
Autism Speaks, Autism Society of America, Bradley Whitford, Tom Insel, Bob Wright, Marguerite Colston and other Autism organizations and influencers speak at the Autism Treatment and Research Hearing about controversial therapies in 2007. Autistics weren’t included. There was a lot happening back in 2007. In the United States, the Combating Autism Act had just been…
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