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#REDIRECT [[Autism Speaks#Cure Autism Now]]. |
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{{Autism cure movement}} |
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'''Cure Autism Now''' (CAN) is an organization of parents, clinicians and scientists whose primary focus is to "accelerate and fund biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments and cure for autism spectrum disorders; to increase awareness of the nation's fastest-growing developmental disorder; and to advocate for the needs of affected individuals and families."<ref name="MergeCAN">{{cite press release |url=http://www.autismspeaks.org/press/autism_speaks_can_complete.php |title=Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now Complete Merger |publisher=Autism Speaks |accessdate=2007-11-01}}</ref> Founded in 1995 by Jonathan Shestack and Portia Iversen, the parents of a child with autism, the organization has grown to one of the United States' largest autism organizations. On Feb. 1, 2007, CAN announced that it was combining operations with [[Autism Speaks]].<ref name="MergeCAN">{{cite press release |url=http://www.autismspeaks.org/press/autism_speaks_can_complete.php |title=Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now Complete Merger |publisher=Autism Speaks |accessdate=2007-11-01}}</ref><ref name="MergeCAN2">{{cite press release |url=http://www.autismconnect.org/news.asp?section=00010001&itemtype=news&id=5976 |title=Autism Education Network |publisher=Autism Education Network |accessdate=2008-11-01}}</ref> |
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Since its founding, Cure Autism Now has committed more than $39 million in research, the establishment and ongoing support of the [[Autism Genetic Resource Exchange]] (AGRE), and numerous outreach and awareness activities aimed at families, physicians, governmental officials and the general public.<ref name="MergeCAN">{{cite press release |url=http://www.autismspeaks.org/press/autism_speaks_can_complete.php |title=Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now Complete Merger |publisher=Autism Speaks |accessdate=2007-11-01}}</ref><ref name="39million">{{cite press release |http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=justgive&npoId=619845 |title=Cure Autism Now |publisher=Guide Star |accessdate=2006-12-31}}</ref><ref name="39million2">{{cite press release |url=http://www.autismeducation.net/events/speakers-presentations |title=Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now sign agreement to combine operations |accessdate=2006-11-29}}</ref> |
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In conjunction with ''The Autism Perspective'', CAN co-sponsored the Los Angeles premiere of ''Normal People Scare Me'', a documentary about autism, co-directed by Taylor Cross, a teenager with autism, and his mother, Keri Bowers, and produced by Joey Travolta. |
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==References== |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of autism-related topics]] |
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* [[Athletes Against Autism]] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.autismspeaks.org/ AutismSpeaks.org] - Autism Speaks homepage |
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* [http://www.agre.org/ AGRE.org] - Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) |
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* [http://www.autismtools.org/index.cfm AutismTools.org] - ISAAC (Internet System for Assessing Autistic Children) |
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* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7012176/ Parents push for autism cure] - MSNBC news article |
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* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/7013684#7013684 NBC TV interview with CAN founders Portia Iversen and John Shestack] |
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[[Category:Autism-related organizations]] |
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