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Blog
2.1.2023
Advocacy Perspective: During Black History Month, A Call To Action To Advance Health Equity
Director of Public Policy Alyssa Brockington sees Black History Month as a call to action to address racism in healthcare and eliminating preventable![Autism Speaks - Coaches Powering Forward](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/Autism%20Speaks%20-%20Coaches%20Powering%20Forward.jpg.webp?itok=aQC1OzUD)
Press Release
1.31.2023
Autism Speaks Coaches Powering Forward Week Unites the NCAA Community to Make a World of Difference for People with Autism
Autism Speaks Coaches Powering Forward campaign is an annual effort to bring college basketball coaches, teams, schools, broadcasters and fans![a swimming pool](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/pool.jpg.webp?itok=3fRxpSvL)
Tool Kit Excerpt
1.26.2023
Swim and water safety
Learn about how to keep your autstic loved ones safe in and around pools and other bodies of water.![Seth holding his Honor Roll certificate](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/Seth%20holding%20his%20Honor%20Roll%20certificate.jpeg.webp?itok=QBgNYVzj)
Blog
1.24.2023
Video: Catching up with Seth M.
Click here to catch up with Seth! When we last heard from Seth M. during World Autism Month last year, he was crushing his weight loss goals with the![Dr. Jean Gehricke](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/Dr.%20Jean%20Gehricke.png.webp?itok=_9uuP-qa)
Blog
1.24.2023
Expert Q&A: Tips for an active and healthy lifestyle
Click here to read a Q&A with Dr. Jean Gehricke, a clinician and researcher at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), an Autism Speaks-supported![Keith Wargo's headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/keith-wargo-headshot.jpg.webp?itok=fQ9e20JR)
Blog
1.23.2023
CEO’s Letter: Addressing the crisis in access to autism care
Click here to read an op-ed by Keith Wargo, CEO of Autism Speaks, on the lack of access to autism care, especially in the Emergency Room.![Gunjan Seth](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/Gunjan%20Seth.jpg_0.png.webp?itok=szscotL2)
Science News
1.12.2023
Autism Care Network family partner wins CHC Patient and Family Leadership Award
Autism Speaks is thrilled to congratulate Gunjan Seth, family partner to the Autism Speaks Autism Care Network (ACNet), for winning the 2022 Children![Jeff smiling at an outdoor cafe](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/Jeff%20Enjoying%20a%20Cafe.jpg.webp?itok=ZF-Pfoz1)
Blog
1.6.2023
Genetic testing helped Jeff B.’s family stay informed and healthy
Jeff he was diagnosed with autism, epilepsy and global developmental delay at age 4. Through genetic testing, his family found that he has a genetic![Kim Fall](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/Fall%202018%20003.JPG.webp?itok=1KzjHE1t)
Blog
1.3.2023
My New Year's resolution this year is simple
Most years I am very specific in my “improvement desires,” but this year I went old school.![2022 with colorful fireworks behind numbers](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/moritz-knoringer-4_MwbIq0CME-unsplash-min.jpg.webp?itok=_InOz7Td)
Advocacy News
12.31.2022
2022 Advocacy Highlights
Today, we celebrate the policy milestones and accomplishments that your support helped us achieve in 2022.![Kim McKafferty and her husband and son at Disney Land with a Christmas tree in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/Disney%20Trip%202021%20027.JPG.webp?itok=I8HB7pWQ)
Blog
12.27.2022
My severely autistic son showed me he can thrive away from home
Over the years as my severely autistic nonverbal son has grown into manhood I am always thinking about his future, and how I can make it a safer and![US Capitol building](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/andy-feliciotti-oN_cUY1v7hs-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=m-xZpJIF)
Advocacy News
12.23.2022
Milestone wins for the autism community in federal bill
The hard work of advocates across the country and congressional champions for the autism community came to fruition with the passage of a federal![Award recipient Lindsey Carter and her colleagues at the Montana Dept. of Public Health's Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Division](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%282%29_0.png.webp?itok=1sd8rs5P)
Advocacy News
12.21.2022
Autism Speaks recognizes public health leaders for meaningful changes to Montana’s Medicaid Program for Children and Young Adults
Autism Speaks recognized Lindsey Carter, Bureau Chief of the Developmental Disabilities Program at the Montana Department of Public Health, with a![Kristi Jacobsen and her family posing for a photo outside in a pasture](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/thumbnail_IMG_2470%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=GdG_COLu)
Blog
12.19.2022
What autism has taught me, as a mom
Perhaps two of the greatest gifts autism has given me are the ability to communicate with or without words and responding to behaviors. Jonathan’s![A young women with glasses and gold hoop earrings, smiles at the camera](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/Screenshot%202022-12-19%20at%202.10.16%20PM.png.webp?itok=TbQSlk69)
Blog
12.19.2022
What I am Thankful for this Year
My name is Allyson, I am 23 years old and I am autistic. This year I am thankful for many things.![people taking notes at a conference](/sites/default/files/styles/content_grid/public/CAAAC%20Conference.jpg.webp?itok=KlyENCrp)
Science News
12.2.2022