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I'm taking advantage of my LJ to ask my U.S. readers to take a few minutes from your busy days within the next week or so to let your home state senator know that you'd like them to sponsor the Combating Autism Act of 2005.
As you know, my son is autistic. While he is high-functioning, he still falls within the widest and least-understood range of autism: PDD-NOS. Which means, in layman's terms: "We dunno." Our family benefits from help from insurance we pay for, but also from our public school system, and government-funded parenting, workshop and camping programs.
From autismbill.org:
On April 19th U.S. Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) introduced the Combating Autism Act of 2005 (S.843), a bipartisan bill that could significantly expand the federal government's response to the autism epidemic. S.843 commits an unprecedented $860 million in federal funds to combat autism through research, screening, intervention and education efforts, in effect doubling the National Institutes of Health's current autism funding level. The Senators were joined by representatives from all major national autism organizations including Cure Autism Now, the National Alliance for Autism Research, Autism Speaks, and the Autism Society of America.
Hey, Look! It's bipartisan!
More information and links to pages to call, fax and email you senators is at:
http://www.autismbill.org/
Thanks, Everyone! Please pass this along and feel free to repost it.
As you know, my son is autistic. While he is high-functioning, he still falls within the widest and least-understood range of autism: PDD-NOS. Which means, in layman's terms: "We dunno." Our family benefits from help from insurance we pay for, but also from our public school system, and government-funded parenting, workshop and camping programs.
From autismbill.org:
On April 19th U.S. Senators Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT) introduced the Combating Autism Act of 2005 (S.843), a bipartisan bill that could significantly expand the federal government's response to the autism epidemic. S.843 commits an unprecedented $860 million in federal funds to combat autism through research, screening, intervention and education efforts, in effect doubling the National Institutes of Health's current autism funding level. The Senators were joined by representatives from all major national autism organizations including Cure Autism Now, the National Alliance for Autism Research, Autism Speaks, and the Autism Society of America.
Hey, Look! It's bipartisan!
More information and links to pages to call, fax and email you senators is at:
http://www.autismbill.org/
Thanks, Everyone! Please pass this along and feel free to repost it.
