Yep if you care about research and want to divert the eugenic agenda of the
delusionary folk who were behind this act and there anti vaccination, blame
it all on mercury fanaticism you had better take a look at an sign this
petition.
If you care about the direction of reserch and social responsibility you had
better take a look and sing this petition
I have.
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The US govt is open to feedback on its policies to be developed post the
"Combatting Autism Act" which was recently voted in (I think without any
opposition). The US National Institute of Health will control the direction
of research for huge amounts of funding in coming years in the US. What they
decide is also likely to affect policy making in other countries. The
petition linked to here
<http://www.autism-hub.co.uk/nih-response/>
http://www.autism-hub.co.uk/nih-response/
is, roughly speaking, about trying to stop research agendas (and hence
interpretations) being distorted by negative assumptions (aka prejudices)
about the capacities and potential of autistic people.
You may sign the petition even if you are not a US citizen, since its
implications are worldwide, and the signatures will I believe be sorted by
country of signer. I believe the deadline for feedback is Jan 17th The
petition was put up very recently, its author realising that something
should happen quickly because of the deadline. Those of you who are US
citizens, you can also write about this personally. There is some guidance
about doing that, along with more about the petition
http://autismdiva.blogspot.com/2007/01/steering-autism-research.html
- please do spread the word about this to anyone you think might sign
cheers
Dinah
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