Why you should care about the reauthorization of the Autism CARES Act Reauthorization

Featuring: Alison Singer, Autism Science Foundation and Craig Snyder, Ikon Consulting.
The Autism CARES Act sunsets on September 30, 2024 and efforts are underway to continue it with another budget authorization. But the CARES Act has glaring shortcomings: it has turned away from the most important questions in autism; it has sidelined the most severely affected part of the autism population; it serves the needs of entrenched interests rather than the urgent needs of the American people. Please listen to Alison and Craig discuss:
• The history of the act, which started as The Combating Autism Act
• The problems with the IACC, created by the Act
• The failure of the CARES Act to effect meaningful change, all while autism rates continue to climb and supports and services become more difficult to obtain
• How the CARES Act should explicitly require efforts to address profound autism; why the NIH needs an Office of Autism Research, not an IACC
• What our community can do to help reform the CARES Act, and more
Link: NCSA Letter re CARES Act Reauthorization. Includes link to ASF white paper: www.ncsautism....
NCSA webinars are also available on our podcast, Autism Confidential.

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