IACC Meeting Today: Autism is a Severe Disability and We'd Best Acknowledge That
Listen to today's IACC meeting. Topics include Somali autism population, costs of autism and more. We need to make sure autism is seen as the severe disability it is for so many Americans and their families and not gloss over the challenges. Read about this 23 year old who doesn't speak at all sitting in a Mass mental facility awaiting a competency trial after having beaten his mother. THIS is autism. We need to sound the alarm that autism is far more than a mere "difference." Our voices matter too.
| 10:00 a.m. | Call to Order and Opening Remarks Thomas Insel, M.D. Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Chair, IACC |
| 10:10 | Review and Approval of October 22, 2010 Minutes |
| 10:15 | Strategic Plan Update - Discussion and Votes |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Public Comments |
| 1:30 | Strategic Plan Update - Discussion and Votes (continued) |
| 3:00 | Break |
Coleen Boyle, Ph.D.
Acting Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and IACC Member
Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and IACC Member
Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer, Autism Speaks and IACC Member
Lyn Redwood, R.N., M.S.N.
Co-Founder and Vice President, Coalition for Safe Minds and Co-chair, Safety Subcommittee
Alison Singer, M.B.A.
President, Autism Science Foundation and Co-chair, Safety Subcommittee
Ellen W. Blackwell, M.S.W.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Co-chair, Services Subcommittee
Lee Grossman
President and CEO, Autism Society and Co-chair, Services Subcommittee
New California Study links autism to mercury levels and says it's reversible. Good news from a major medical facility.
Families who've been looking for support from medical community should take notice.
We've come a long way from the release of my novel WHITE LIES in 2006. National Vaccine Info Center recommends it, and families have found emotional support in it.
Posted by: Sarah Collins Honenberger | December 15, 2010 at 03:15 PM
Is there a transcription of the meeting available to read?
Posted by: Taximom | December 14, 2010 at 08:35 PM
Fairly easy to get to the discussion.
So far, Lyn Redwood is the only one trying to keep the topics simple and on topic...
Posted by: cmo | December 14, 2010 at 11:05 AM