A Day on the Hill Save the date--Tuesday, 18 October 2005

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Dear Friend of ASO:

Information from Jeff Sell of the ASA on advocacy at the Federal level - "A Day on the Hill" Save the date--Tuesday, 18 October 2005. I realize that few will be able to attend, but I wanted to make you aware of the ASA's efforts on the national level.

I did send out a legislative alert recently regarding the Congressional Autism Caucus - visit our website at www.autismohio.org and click on "Autism Taskforce" to view a copy of the alert.

FYI - Please share.

Sincerely,

Barbara C. YavorcikPresidentAutism Society of Ohio701 S. Main St.Akron, OH 44311(330) 376-0211fax: (330) 376-1226email: askASO@...home: byavorcik@...web: www.autismohio.org2005 ASO Bi-Annual Conference"Reaching Beyond the Horizon - Challenging the Autism Spectrum"Friday and Saturday, October 14-15, 2005 Kingsgate Marriott in Cincinnati, Ohio

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Save the date--On Tuesday, 18 October 2005, ASA will be sponsoring "A Day on the Hill".The day will begin with a briefing for the of the bipartisan Coalition forAutism Research and Education (CARE), followed by a training for all chapterleaders who are ready willing and able to attend. Following the training,participants will fan out to varies Congressional offices with a clear gameplan and talking points to gain co-sponsorship for three (3) pieces oflegislation that will benefit the entire autism community. The tentative schedule foe "A Day on the Hill" is as follows: 8:00 AM -- 1:00 PM -- Briefing and Training -- (Gold Room --Rayburn Building) 1:30 PM -- 3:30 PM -- Member Visits 4:00 PM -- 6:00 PM -- 40th Anniversary reception and congressionalawards (banquet room B339 -- Rayburn Building) About The "Caucus" The goals of the bipartisan Coalition for Autism Research and Education willinclude, but are not limited to: 1. Increasing general awareness of autism and autism spectrum disordersamong Members of Congress and policy analysts in federal government; 2. Educate Members of Congress on current and future researchinitiatives regarding autism; 3. Serve as a forum where autism-related policy issues can beexchanged, debated, and discussed; 4. Bring together public, private, and government entities to pursuelegislative initiatives that will help facilitate advanced treatments-andultimately a cure-for autism spectrum disorders. 5. Promote all means to ease the burdens of families and loved onesaffected by autism I fully realize that this announcement does not provide much advance timefor planning and making arrangements to attend. As many of you know, eventsin Washington DC can pop up in an instant. I am providing this notice basedupon the most accurate information known at this time and to let y'all knowwhat is on the horizon. Details will play out over the next few days, andweeks so some details may change as we get closer to the date. Within the next few days, hotel information will be provided and detailsconcerning the legislation will be shared as well. Hope to see ya there.My best...Peacefully,Jeff Sell, Esq.Director of Chapters & MembershipAutism Society of America7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 300Bethesda, MD 20814-3067301-657-0881 ext. 104 (office)832-731-3145 (cell)301-657-0869 (fax)832-442-3028 (e-fax)www.autism-society.org <http://www.autism-society.org/> jzsell@...jsell@...