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The Autism Advocacy Community Finds Common Ground at a Meeting with Francis...
By Geri Dawson, Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks This week, an unprecedented gathering of the autism advocacy community was held at the National Institutes of Health. Francis Collins, director of...
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Eight Young Women Can Change the World
This guest post is written by Shelley Hendrix, Autism Speaks’ Director of State Advocacy Relations. She currently resides in Baton Rouge, La. with her two children, Liam and Mairin. Liam was...
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In Their Own Words – Siblings Speak … It’s Time to Listen
Ellie and her dad, Joel This week’s “In Their Own Words” is the testimony of 10-year-old Ellie Simon, the sister of Danny Simon who has autism. Last week, Ellie spoke before the HGO Committee,...
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The Everyday Advocate
Areva Martin with her book, The Everyday Advocate Mom, lawyer and advocate Areva Martin was at the United Nations and at Border’s bookstore on April 1 discussing her new book The Everyday Advocate:...
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“Rest assured, you have the attention of the President and the White House”
“Rest assured, you have the attention of the President and the White House” My first meeting as a public member of the IACC By Geri Dawson, Chief Science Officer Last Friday was my first meeting as a...
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Hope and Autism Advocacy
This is a guest post by Shannon Knall, Autism Speaks Connecticut Chapter Advocacy Chair. I know that you have heard the word HOPE, but have you ever felt the word HOPE? I have and I do. I feel hope...
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Capital One Financial Corporation held its 2011 Autism Awareness Education...
On Monday, April 25, 2011 Capital One Financial Corporation held its 2011 Autism Awareness Education Session for its associates at its Richmond facility and broadcast to its offices nationwide. Don...
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The Latson Case in Virginia: A Danger Signal That We Can’t Ignore
Teresa Champion is an attorney admitted to the bar in Kentucky and Washington State. She has two children; Sydney and James, who has a diagnosis of autism. She is a long time civic and community...
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Training Staff in Community Programs
As a result of increased awareness about autism and strong family advocacy many more people with autism are attending community-based summer programs. An important ingredient to a successful...
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Transcript of LIVE Q & A with Gary Mayerson
How To Compromise With Your School District Without Compromising Your Child Navigating the IEP process can be an overwhelming experience. Join nationally renowned attorney Gary Mayerson as he answers...
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The Month in Review: Autism Speaks September 2011 Impact
One of the big challenges we have as an organization is showing the impact we have across the four pillars of our mission: Science, Family Services, Advocacy and Awareness. In fact, so much is going...
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The Month in Review: Autism Speaks November 2011 Impact
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays to you and your family! This past month has been a whirlwind of activity here at Autism Speaks and we wanted take the opportunity to give thanks to the many...
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Somebody Stole My Name! (but we’re friends now)
This is a post by Dr. Scott Standifer, a Clinical Assistant Professor for the Disability Policy & Studies office (DPS) at the University of Missouri. He is the author of Adult Autism &...
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Transcript for “My Child Has Autism: How Do I Get Insurance?” Webchat
On Monday February 27th the Government Relations team hosted their first webchat, “My Child Has Autism: How Do I Get Insurance?” The webchat was hosted by Lorri Unumb, Esq., Vice President for State...
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