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Autism Speaks, Online and Tech Leaders Team Up with Innovative Autism Awareness Month Initiatives

NEW YORK, NY (March 28, 2012) – Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today announced a series of digital, mobile and technology initiatives involving a range of corporate and philanthropic partners... More...

New Research Finds Annual Cost of Autism Has More Than Tripled to $126 Billion in the U.S. and Reached £34 Billion in the U.K.

New York, N.Y. (March 28, 2012) – Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, today announced preliminary results of new research that estimates autism costs society a staggering $126 billion per year (... More...

Autism Speaks and The Home Depot Team Up to Shine a Light on World Autism Awareness Day and Autism Awareness Month

NEW YORK, N.Y. (March 28, 2012) – Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, and The Home Depot® have partnered for a second year to shine a light on autism during Autism Awareness Month in April a... More...

Autism Speaks Awards $1.1 Million to Fund High Priority Studies

New York, N.Y. (March 26, 2012) – Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, today announced the award of new research grants totaling $1.1 million in funding to support high priority studies. “S... More...

Unprecedented Academic-Industry Collaboration Seeks New Drugs and Novel Treatments for Autism

(March 19)

An international consortium of scientists, led by Roche, King’s College London, and Autism Speaks,  is collaborating on one of the largest ever academic-industry research projects to find new methods for the development... More...

Ad Council Celebrates Seventy Years of Impacting American Lives through Public Service Advertising

NEW YORK, February 13, 2012—This February 18th marks The Advertising Council’s seventieth anniversary. Since 1942, the non-profit organization has been creating memorable campaigns aimed at ... More...

Autism Speaks Announces Third Annual Baker Summer Camp Scholarship Program

New York, N.Y. (January 25, 2012) -- Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, today announced its third annual Autism Speaks Baker Summer Camp Program, which will offer scholarship funds to camps of... More...

Autism Speaks Awards Over $1 Million in Family Services Community Grants in U.S., Canada

NEW YORK, NY (January 24, 2012) – Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism advocacy organization, today announced the award of over $1 million in grants to directly support the innovative work of autism service providers in dozens of co... More...

Autism Speaks Receives $75,000 Grant from QBE the Americas to Create Employment Tool Kit

NEW YORK, N.Y. (December 19, 2011) – Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, has been awarded a $75,000 grant from QBE the Americas to develop a new Employment Tool Kit, which will highlight the valuab... More...
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