IACC Deaf on Critical Vaccine Research as Request for Public Comment is Issued
By Theresa Wrangham
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) issued a Request for Information (RFI) as they begin to Update their Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Research (HERE) while failing at their recent joint meeting with the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) on July 15th to take on statutorily required autism research.
While the purpose of the RFI is to solicit input from ASD stakeholders to inform the next update of the Strategic Plan, the IACC ignored stakeholders and many autism organizations request to conduct vaccine safety research that was vetted through their own science workshops and strategic planning workgroups as needed in the first iteration of the Strategic Plan (HERE) issued in January. Public comment will be web-based (HERE) and responses must be received by August 21st.
The July 15th meeting brought few surprises to those who have followed the IACC Federal Member's vote blocking strategy stop autism related research identified as critical by the NVAC. The meeting was more or less a tennis match - the ball being volleyed - critical research answering the question how many children have vaccine induced autism? Read more (HERE).
Click HERE to read SafeMinds board member Katie Wright's Age of Autism column on IACC.
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