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Peter Bell Re-appointed to White House Disabilities Panel

WASHINGTON, DC (July 18, 2012) -- Autism Speaks Executive Vice President of Programs and Services Peter Bell has been re-appointed as a member of the Presidents Committee for People with Intellectual Disab... More...

Autism Speaks Commends Sen. Menendez for Insisting Autism Therapies Get Covered Under New Federal Health Care Law

WASHINGTON, DC Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) pressed U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to insure that the states include behavioral health treatments for autism as they implement the Affordable C... More...

U.S. Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill Containing Provision For Autism Insurance Reform and Cures Acceleration Network

Washington, DC (December 25, 2009) Autism Speaks, the nations largest autism science and advocacy organization, applauds the members of the U.S. Senate for yesterday passing an overall health care reform bill that contains pr... More...

Senate Finance Committee Passes Health Insurance Reform Bill Containing Menendez Amendment for Autism Insurance Reform

Washington, DC (October 13, 2009) -- Autism Speaks, the nation's la... More...

Obama Announces $85 Million in Stimulus Funds for Autism Research

Washington, DC (September 30, 2009) -- President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to spend $5 billion on medical and scientific research, medical supplies and upgrading laboratory capacity, as part of an overall $100 bil... More...

Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Autism

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President Obama Includes Funding For Autism In His FY 2010 Budget Proposal

Washington, DC (February 26, 2009) - Today President Barack Obama unveiled a Fiscal Yea... More...

Subcommittee Holds Hearing on the Role of Medicaid for Americans with Disabilities

(Washington, DC - January 16, 2008) The House Committee on Energy and Commerce - Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Congressman Frank J. Pallone (NJ), held a hearing on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, investigating Medicaid'... More...

President Signs Bill Authorizing Funding of Combating Autism Act

(WASHINGTON DC - Dec 26, 2007) Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy organization, today applauded as President Bush signed the Fiscal 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act. The bill contains appropriations for the Com... More...

US House of Representatives Approve Funding for Combating Autism Act

(WASHINGTON DC - December 19, 2007) Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy organization, today applauded the US House of Representatives for passing the Fiscal 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act. The bill contains ap... More...