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Why are some autism groups silent on the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act?

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Last week, the Combating Autism Reathorization Act was introduced into the U.S. legislature last week. Many organizations were ready with quick responses: the Autism Science Foundation, ASAN, and Autism Speaks to name a few. How about the organizations which promote the idea that autism is a vaccine injury? Organizations like Generation Rescue, the National Autism [...]

Posted in ASAN, Advocacy, Autism, Autism Science Foundation, Autism Speaks, Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy, National Autism Association, Orgs | 6 Comments »

Interviews from IMFAR: Alex Plank brings the conference to the public

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

One of the unexpected joys of attending the IMFAR conference this year was meeting Alex Plank of Wrong Planet. I plan on writing more about Alex soon, but for the moment, let me bring you some of the interviews he did. His team is the same one that brought us the press conference. That was [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Speaks, David Mandell, IMFAR | 1 Comment »

IAN Network Launches Critical Survey on Autism & Wandering

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

I received the following message from the Autism Science Foundation. The message discusses the survey to collect data on wandering by autistics. To participate, you need to register at the IAN Project website. Today, the Interactive Autism Network (IAN) with support from leading autism advocacy groups including the Autism Science Foundation, launched the first major [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Science Foundation, Autism Speaks, Disability, Orgs, Science, Simons Foundation | 2 Comments »

Perusing the IRS form 990′s for some autism organizations

Friday, March 18th, 2011

How big are more outspoken autism organizations? How much do they support research? How much do they pay their executives? This became a big question about a year ago when it became public how much Autism Speaks pays their top people. Since the 2009 form 990 (IRS forms from non-profit organizations) are now public, I [...]

Posted in Age of Autism, Autism, Autism Speaks, Generation Rescue, National Autism Association, Orgs, TACA | 3 Comments »