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Upcoming IACC Full Committee Meeting – Tuesday, January 18, 2011 – Rockville, MD

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) creates the “Strategic Plan” which serves as the main roadmap for autism research funding in the United States. The IACC is going to have a full committee meeting on January 18 to update the Strategic Plan. Or, to put it simply, this is where the rubber meets the road [...]

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Upcoming IACC Subcommittee on Safety Conference Call – Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) has recently added emphasis to safety concerns. The Safety subcommittee will meet on January 12. The IACC has 4 committees: Full Committee Subcommittee for Planning the Annual Strategic Plan Updating Process Services Subcommittee Subcommittee on Safety At present, much of the focus and the budget recommended by the IACC [...]

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Santa Claus

Friday, December 24th, 2010

When it comes to Christmas I admit to being very orthodox in my beliefs. In particular, I believe that Santa comes at night and leaves presents for us to discover in the morning. Children are meant to wake up at some unbelievable hour like 4am and, after much discussion amongst siblings, tiptoe into their parents’ [...]

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I’m a Christmas person

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

As some holidays have past and more are soon to come, I have to out myself: I am a Christmas person. I would put myself more in the Christmas Tree and Santa camp: Rather than the baby Jesus and midnight mass camp: Hanukkah recently came and went recently: But even after Christmas we still have [...]

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