Advocacy

UN Convention on Disabilities Fails in Senate

WASHINGTON, DC (November 4, 2012) -- A vote to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities fell six votes short of the two thirds majority required in the Senate today.

Already approved by 126 othe... More...

Lorri Unumb Wins NASCAR Humanitarian Award

LAS VEGAS (November 30, 2012) -- Lorri Shealy Unumb, Autism Speaks' vice president for state government affairs, was named the winner of the NASCAR Foundation's second annual Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award,... More...

Bob Wright Demands National Strategy on MSNBC

NEW YORK (November 30, 2012) -- Autism Speaks Co-founder Bob Wright demanded a national strategy to address America's autism epidemic during an appearance on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports.

"This is a national... More...

Bob Wright Tells Congress: 'Face Up to the Crisis'

Update: Bob Wright on Andrea Mitchell Reports. Watch here

WASHINGTON, DC (November 29, 2012) -- Autism Speaks Co-founder Bob Wright to... More...

ABA Care for Military Kids Advances in Senate

WASHINGTON, DC (November 29, 2012) -- The Senate today approved a bipartisan amendment  that would improve access to ABA care for the nation's 23,000 military kids with autism.

Sponsored by Senator Kirsten Gil... More...

State Proposal Would Gut Insurance Reform Law

NEW YORK (November 21, 2012) -- The New York Department of Financial Services today published emergency regulations that... More...

Buffalo Law Journal: 'Autism Reform Law Reshapes Coverage'

BUFFALO (November 15, 2012) -- In an article in the Buffalo Law Journal, a pair of ABA provide... More...

Advocates, Lawmakers Urge Lame Duck Congress to Pass ABLE

WASHINGTON, DC (November 15, 2012) – The nation's leading disability organizations, including Autism Speaks, joined today with Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) and Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) at a Capitol Hill event to ... More...

ABLE Act - Members Yet to Cosponsor

U.S. House of Representatives

H.R. 3423 (200 of 435 remaining) Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-4] Rep. Mo Brook... More...

Salt Lake Trib: Medicaid Program Designed to Fail?

SALT LAKE CITY (November 7, 2012) -- The Salt Lake Tribune reported that ABA providers are fearful the state's pilot... More...

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