Senate HELP Committee to discuss Combating Autism Reauthorization Act September 7

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• Lydia X. Z. Brown : Autistic young people deserve serious respect and attention — not dismissal as the pawns of others.

  Lydia X. Z. Brown has an opinion piece in the Washington Post which, in my humble opinion, is well worth reading: Autistic young people deserve serious respect and attention — not dismissal as the pawns of others.Donald Trump’s attempts to discredit Greta Thunberg are the latest attempt to show autistic people can’t speak for themselves. […]

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• “I do believe sadly it’s going to take some diseases coming back…” — Jenny McCarthy 2009

  I do believe sadly it’s going to take some diseases coming back to realize that we need to change and develop vaccines that are safe. If the vaccine companies are not listening to us, it’s their f___ing fault that the diseases are coming back. They’re making a product that’s s___. If you give us a […]

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• Washington Post: How listening to autistic adults helped me understand and support my son

  Shanon Des Rosa Roche, parent of an awesome young man and one of the people behind The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism, has a piece in the Washington Post: How listening to autistic adults helped me understand and support my son. Here’s a small quote from the piece. Parents need to hear from people who […]

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• Children with Autism Deserve Education, but I don’t support C.A.D.E.

  There is a charity called “Children with Autism Deserve Education“. C.A.D.E or CADE for short. I ran across them a few years ago and saw some expenses in their tax forms that I felt were, let’s say, interesting. So they stuck in my mind and I decided recently to check into them again. The name […]

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• It is time to renew the Autism CARES Act

  The Autism CARES Act (Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support Act of 2019) has been introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The existing Autism CARES Act will expire this year, so a new bill is needed to continue the work. Autism CARES is good for the autism communities. Autism CARES continues […]

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