President Bush signs the Combating Autism Act of 2006!
By jolala
@jolala (70)
United States
December 22, 2006 11:00pm CST
What does this mean for you - if you have a loved one who has been diagnosed with Autism?
This bill authorizes almost $1 billion over the next five years to combat autism through research, screening, early detection and early intervention.
As a parent of a child on the autism spectrum, I think this is a great step forward in getting my son the help he needs.
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@CheckNitout (853)
• United States
10 Jan 07
I think it is wonderful news My son is currently in th evaluation stage I believe there is obviously something happening in our environment that is affecting more and more children I hope they can figure out what it is. Thanks for the newa.
@brightbluesea (1143)
• United States
23 Dec 06
This is great news! I have a few colleagues at college who are in my counseling program in graduate school and they work with some of the autism research and programs at the Univ. at Buffalo. That should mean that more programs might be available. I know that UB has the one all summer that many of the people from my department assist with so this is great news because funding is always short!
