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Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee welcomes new members

Friday, April 30th, 2010

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) is a U.S. government committee which oversees autism research activities of the various U.S. agencies. The committee is made up of a representatives of those agencies plus members of the public. The current public members are: Lee Grossman President and CEO Autism Society Yvette M. Janvier, M.D. Medical Director [...]

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Ari Ne’eman, autistic adult, serving on the IACC

Friday, April 30th, 2010

The videocast of today’s IACC meeting has gone live, and I’m pretty sure I recognize Ari Ne’eman of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) at the table. Stephen Shore is already serving on the IACC, so this brings to (at least) two autistic adults on the IACC. I saw “at least” because I don’t know [...]

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Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee live broadcast

Friday, April 30th, 2010

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee is starting. The purpose of this IACC meeting is to welcome the new members of the IACC and to discuss IACC activities including the 2009 IACC Summary of Advances and the 2009 Portfolio Analysis. There will also be presentations on the Autism Treatment Network, autism in the DSM-V, stem cell [...]

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Autistic child belted to chair at school

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Here’s one of those news stories you hate to read—a mother came to her child’s school for a meeting and found her son belted to a chair. Mom: Son With Autism Tied Up By Teacher’s Aide From the story: IPS Special Education Director Robb Warriner said the aide who belted the boy to the chair [...]

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