More from Laura Schumaker at SF Gate, San Franciso Chronicle's blog.
Advancing Futures for Adults with Autism, a consortium of leading autism advocacy organizations and service providers, has announced that it will hold a Congressional briefing on July 15 in Washington, D.C.
I would really love to be there.
I attended the National Town Hall Meeting at the Sacramento location last November along with many parents of adults with autism from the bay area.(Here is the Executive summary of that meeting.)
The Congressional briefing will bring together federal legislators, national policymakers and advocates for adults with autism - including individuals who have autism - to discuss priorities for action in the public and private sectors that address the increasing and unmet demand for effective services for adolescents and adults with the disorder.
"Adults with autism are often overlooked by society, which tends to view autism as a childhood issue," said Congressman Mike Doyle (PA),who along Senator Robert Menendez (NJ), the author of the Helping HANDS for Autism Act, are honorary co-chairs of the briefing. Rep. Doyle is also co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Autism Caucus, also known as the Coalition for Autism Research and Education or C.A.R.E.
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