NCSA Letter to HHS, NIH, CDC: Withdraw 'Autism Acceptance Month' Designation — September 2024
NCSA wrote to the heads of HHS, NIH, NIMH, and CDC to challenge the unilateral designation of April as 'Autism Acceptance Month,' arguing the action was made without public input, trivialized the severe autism crisis, and systematically sidelined the grim realities of profound autism.
NCSA Statement: Commending Progress on the Autism CARES Act — June 2024
NCSA commended the House Energy and Commerce Committee for amending H.R. 7213 to include language recognizing individuals with profound autism across the full range of cognitive, communicative, behavioral, and adaptive functioning — and care necessary for physical safety.
NCSA One-Pager: The Autism CARES Act Needs an Overhaul Before Reauthorization — February 2024
NCSA's February 2024 one-pager opposing H.R. 7213 in its current form, calling for priority funding to identify autism's causes, recognition of profound autism in research, elimination of duplicative research, and replacement of the IACC with an NIH autism agency.
NCSA Letter to Sen. Menendez and Rep. Smith: Autism CARES Act Reauthorization — Concerns and Request for Meeting (January 2024)
NCSA wrote to the lead sponsors of the Autism CARES Act reauthorization in January 2024, arguing that 18 years of CARES funding have failed to address the autism crisis and urging bold reinvention — including a new NIH Office of Autism Research to replace the captured IACC.