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e-Speaks || October 30, 2009
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IACC Hears from Families and Individuals with Autism
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Last week's Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
meeting began with a special panel moderated by Peter Bell of Autism Speaks. The panel included presentations by two individuals with autism as well as parents who shared their children's stories. An afternoon session focused on the progress of several IACC initiatives.
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Community Connections: Siblings
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Having a sibling with autism often poses unique, but rewarding challenges. This month's
Community Connections
offers practical tips and resources, as well as essays written by siblings about their experiences.
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Autism Speaks Joins New York Autism Community in Calling for an End to Autism Insurance Discrimination
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Autism Speaks joined members of the
New York State
autism community last Friday at a special joint committee hearing to call on the state legislature to pass autism insurance reform legislation. Autism Speaks' Lorri Unumb testified at the hearing, saying “There is an autism tsunami coming and it is going to cost the state an extraordinary amount of money in special education and adult care if the current generation of kids does not get the treatment they need.”
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Autism Speaks-Funded University Course on Technology Encourages Careers in Autism
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Autism Speaks' Innovative Technology for Autism (ITA) initiative sponsors university courses to introduce young designers to the complexities of autism, and now announces the
2010 installment
at the University of Southern California. Six years of these popular courses have yielded exciting designs in the form of organizational devices, virtual reality-based learning games and data capture devices for therapists and teachers, and have ushered many students into the burgeoning field of Autism Technologies.
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Why I Walk: To Show My Boy How Proud I Am of Him
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Why does Susan Varney participate in Walk Now for Autism Speaks? To show her son how proud she is of him and his hard work. Read Susan's
story
and check out recaps from last weekend's Walk in Houston!
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Inaugural Hope 4 Hanna Raises Over $60,000
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On Sunday, October 25, more than 400 Southern Californians participated in the inaugural
Hope for Hanna
5k/10K race and walk, raising over $60,000. The event, hosted by the parents of a five year old girl who has autism, also offered a resource fair for attendees.
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Holiday Gifts for Autism: Gift Wrap and Ribbon
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Wrap your gifts in Autism Speaks
wrapping paper
and give a gift twice! Adorned with our signature blue puzzle piece arranged into a snowflake this paper is perfect for the holidays.
Ribbon
is also available to complete the package and show your support of Autism Speaks this holiday season.
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In Their Own Words: How She Became My Teacher
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In this week's
essay,
a mother shares the moment when her daughter who has autism became her teacher – and showed her that her dreams didn't die, they simply changed.
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Coming Soon
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October 31
Washington, D.C. Walk Now for Autism Speaks (Washington, D.C.)
November 1
Arizona Walk Now for Autism Speaks (Tempe, Ariz.)
ING NYC Marathon (New York, N.Y.)
November 17
Concert for Autism Speaks
– featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bruce Springsteen
(New York, N.Y.)
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