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Autism Support
 
A-CHAMP

A-CHAMP is a parent political action group founded in 2005 that advocates for children whose health has been affected by exposures to mercury in vaccines.

 

 

Age of Autism

Age of Autism The Age of Autism is the nation's first daily Web newspaper for the environmental-biomedical community who believe autism is an environmentally induced illness that is treatable and that children can recover.

 

Autism One

Autism One is a nonprofit, charity organization founded in 2004 by a small group of parents of children with autism. The founders of Autism One maintain that autism is not caused by "bad" genes and the epidemic is not the result of "better" diagnosis but that children with autism (as the result of vaccine damage from too many vaccines being given too soon) suffer from gut bugs, allergies, heavy metal toxicity, mitochondrial disorders, antioxidant deficiencies, nutritional deficiencies and autoimmune diseases — all of which are treatable. Autism One emphasizes that THE KEY IS EDUCATION and holds educational forums such as The Autism One Conference, Autism One Radio, Autism One Outreach and Autism in Action initiatives to educate more than 100,000 families every year about prevention, recovery, safety, and change.

 

Autism Research Institute

The Autism Research Institute (ARI) is the hub ofa worldwide network of parents and professionals concerned with autism. ARI was founded in 1967 by Bernard Rimland, Ph.D. to conduct and foster scientific research designed to improve the methods of diagnosing, treating, and preventing autism. ARI also disseminates research findings to parents and others worldwide seeking help. The ARI data bank, the world's largest, contains over 40,000 detailed case histories of autistic children from over 60 countries. ARI created the Defeat Autism Now (DAN) conferences.

 

Coalition for SafeMinds

The Coalition for SafeMinds (Sensible Action For Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological Disorders) is a private nonprofit organization founded in 2000 to investigate and raise awareness of the risks to infants and children of exposure to mercury from medical products, including thimerosal in vaccines. Safe Minds supports research on the potential harmful effects of mercury and thimerosal.

 

Developmental Delay Resources (DDR)

Developmental Delay Resources (DDR), a non profit educational organization co-founded in 1994 by Patricia Lemer, is dedicated to meeting the needs of children with developmental delays in sensory, motor, language, social and emotional areas. DDR tracks trends and publicized research about factors that could put children at risk.

 

 

Focus Autism Foundation

The Focus Autism Foundation was established to promote access to early intervention services for young children as well as ongoing educational and supportive programs for children with autism and their families and to ultimately reduce the incidence of autism by ensuring safe vaccinations for all children, including the most vulnerable of children.

The Foundation recognizes the tremendous value and ongoing need for child immunization programs throughout the world. The Foundation understands autism to be a complex disorder, the cause or causes of which are yet to be confidently identified but likely to include a genetic component. This genetic component may be “triggered” in some children when overloaded with vaccines while they are ill or otherwise immune compromised.

 

 

Generation Rescue

Generation Rescue, founded in 2005 by J.B. and Lisa Handley, is an international movement of scientists, physicians and parent-volunteers researching the causes and treatments for autism and mentoring thousands of families in recovering their children from autism.

 

M.I.N.D. Institute

The M.I.N.D. Institute (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) founded in 1998 is an international, multidisciplinary research organization, committed to excellence, collaboration and hope, striving to understand the causes and develop better treatments and ultimately cures for neurodevelopmental disorders. The Autism Phenome Project or "APP" is the largest and most comprehensive assessment of children with autism ever attempted. It aims to distinguish among recognized subgroups, or phenotypes, of autism. It will link these different forms of autism with distinct patterns of behavior and biological changes.    

 

National Autism Association

The mission of the National Autism Association founded in 2003, is to educate and empower families affected by autism and other neurological disorders, while advocating on behalf of those who cannot fight for their own rights. We will educate society that autism is not a lifelong incurable genetic disorder but one that is biomedically definable and treatable.

 

No Mercury

No Mercury is a philanthropic based venture founded in 2004 by parents to educate policy makers, physicians and the public regarding the dangers associated with the use of Thimerosal, a mercury containing preservative used in vaccines.

 

 

The Shafer Autism Report

The Shafer Autism Report was founded in 1998 by Lenny Schafer, the father of a son with autism, and is a non-profit, non-commercial news service promoting autism awareness and education towards finding the best treatments, preventions and cures for the range of disorders labeled as the autism spectrum.

 

Talk About Curing Autism

Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) is a nonprofit founded in 2000 to provide information, resources, and support to families affected by autism. For families who have just received the autism diagnosis, TACA aims to speed up the cycletime from the autism diagnosis to effective treatments. TACA helps to strengthen the autism community by connecting families and the professionals who can help them, allowing them to share stories and information to help people with autism be the best they can be.

 

Thoughtful House

Thoughtful House is a non-profit educational and research organization founded in 2005 by Andrew Wakefield, M.D., physicians and families to provide a unique combination of medical and educational support for children affected by childhood developmental disorders such as autism, PDD, Asperger's syndrome, ADD, ADHD and NLD to help them recover.

 

Unlocking Autism

Unlocking Autism is a nonprofit founded in 1999 to bring the issues of autism from individual homes to the forefront of national dialogue; to join parents and professionals in one concerted effort to fight for these children who cannot lift their voices to the nation for help; to educate parents about pending legislation and existing laws; to help those on the autism spectrum reach their greatest potential in leading fulfilling and productive lives in relationships, society and employment and to work to preserve every parent's choice of philosophical exemption to vaccination.

 

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