Cure Autism Now
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| Movement to cure Autism |
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| Issues |
| Autism therapies |
| Organizations |
| Autism Research Institute |
| Autism Society of America |
| Autism Treatment Trust |
| Cure Autism Now |
| Generation Rescue |
| National Alliance for Autism Research |
Cure Autism Now, or CAN, is an American organization dedicated to finding a cure for autism by accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through fundraising for research projects, education and outreach. CAN was founded in 1995 by Portia Iversen and Jon Shestack, parents of an autistic son named Dov. CAN funds the world's largest repository of DNA samples for autism research, known as the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE). The organization is considered controversial by the autism rights movement which, based on the premise that autism is a difference in cognition rather than a disorder, rejects the notion that it should be cured and rejects the use of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as being an abusive practice, despite CAN's support of ABA and other skills-based therapies.
On Nov. 29, 2006, CAN announced that it is combining operations with Autism Speaks. It is expected to take a year for the full integration of the two organizations to be completed.
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- CureAutismNow.org - Cure Autism Now homepage
- AGRE.org - Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE)
- AutismTools.org - ISAAC (Internet System for Assessing Autistic Children)
- Parents push for autism cure - MSNBC news article
- Cure autism? - An autistic explains his skepticism
- WalkNow.org - Walk Now fund raising homepage
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