NCSA Letter to the IACC: Against Sanitized, Neutral Language in the Autism Strategic Plan — October 2022

Signed by the full NCSA board, this October 2022 letter to IACC Chair Joshua Gordon protests the committee's move to cleanse the autism Strategic Plan of clinical language — arguing that sanitized, strengths-based language actively harms the severe autism community by denying the realities that justify federal research funding.