What Happens When Children with Autism Age Out?
By Heidi Roger, SafeMinds Board Member This time of year is very hard. My friends and colleagues are all attending high school graduations, going to graduation parties, and talking about what colleges their kids got accepted to. My son Andrew is not going to college. Andrew is 19 years old but he does not have […]
Take Action – Contact Members of the Health Subcommittee Before Tomorrow’s Vote
On Wednesday, May 28 at 2:00 p.m. the health subcommittee will be asked to vote on a deficient version of the Combating Autism Act (CAA) Reauthorization.
1st International Symposium on the Microbiome in Health and Disease with a Special Focus on Autism
A collaborative effort between the Arkansas Autism Alliance and the N of One: Autism Research Foundation focusing on mechanisms of action in Autism Research. The conference will bring together the foremost scientists to discuss one of the hottest topics in medical research: the microbiome. Investigators, parents and others interested in autism and chronic disease are […]
IMFAR – Research Needs to Improve Lives of Those Living with Autism
The International Meeting for Autism Research, commonly known as IMFAR, just concluded its annual three-day conference on May 17, 2014. SafeMinds Board and Research Committee Member, Laurette Janak, reviewed the Autism Speaks roadmap of the conference to see what she missed out on. The roadmap can be found here. “Autism Speaks began the conference with […]
The Hill: Autism Law in Peril
From The Hill – By Elise Viebeck – 05/21/14 08:46 AM EDT Advocates for people with autism are divided over whether Congress should make major changes to a landmark federal program that is set to expire at the end of September. The Combating Autism Act of 2006 was the first law passed by Congress that was unique to […]
Autism’s Environmental Component: New Research Upends Scientific Orthodoxy Strangling Autism Progress
By Sallie Bernard, President, SafeMinds New research has just come out which will hopefully drive a stake into a scientific theory that has strangled scientific progress in autism. The theory – that autism’s cause is almost entirely genetic – hasn’t matched the evidence for decades and has undermined promising avenues to prevention and effective treatments. […]
