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At no cost to families, the World Health Organization’s Caregiver Skills Training (CST) program teaches parents and caregivers the day-to-day skills they need to help their children reach their full potential. Learn to build your child’s communication, engagement, positive behavior, daily living skills and more.

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Advocacy priorities

Autism Speaks influences policy at the state and federal government levels. To do this, we work with Congress, the White House, state legislators, agencies, and regulators.

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Autism Speaks Thought Leadership Summit on Autism and Aging

7.26.22

Autism Speaks hosts the Thought Leadership Summit on Autism and Aging

Click here to watch some of the key sessions from Day 1 and Day 2 of the Autism Speaks Thought Leadership Summit on Autism and Aging.

7.13.22

Autism Speaks applauds progress in U.S. House on key funding priorities

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that includes $10 million increase to expand the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring

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6.13.22

Maryland reduces waitlist for autism services by half

Maryland puts the needs of kids and families first by enacting the End the Wait Act which will decrease the waiting time for the Autism Waiver by 50%.

6.10.22

Autism Speaks and Herox Announce Innovative Winning Solutions of Autism Employment Connect Challenge

Autism Speaks announced the winner of the "Autism Employment Connector Challenge,” launched in partnership with HeroX, the leading platform and open

Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons fund two new research projects on auditory processing disorder

6.10.22

Autism Speaks and Royal Arch Masons award $170,000 of funding to researchers studying auditory processing disorder

Autism Speaks, with the support of a Royal Arch Research Assistance grant, is funding one pilot research project and one post-doctoral fellowship to

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5.31.22

Georgia celebrates expanded coverage of autism services

Georgia's new Mental Health Parity Act boosts protections for autistic individuals and improves coverage of autism services by Medicaid, the State

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Tulika P.

If I want to see a change in the world, I must be a part of the effort.

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Sean S. | 35 years old

My personal definition of advocacy is being the voice and standing up for those who have a difficult time doing so by themselves.

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Jeffrey W. | 10 years old

To our family, it means embracing the amazing, celebrating the small wins and understanding the struggles.

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Maddy D. | 46 years old

Support the needs, not the labels. If we can build a culture of accommodation, we will build a world that truly is inclusive of everyone.

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If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.

- Dr. Stephen Shore