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From: National Autism Association <naa@...>Subject: Action Alert - Your Help is Needed!jlkowalski2@...Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 3:16 PM

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ACTION ALERT!

Protest Federal Autism Committee’s Deceitful Reversal on Vaccine-Autism Research

Click Here to Take Action - Scroll Down to Take Action and you will be provided with a sample letter and instructions for sending.

The inexcusable actions of the Federal members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) in retracting vaccine-autism studies must be stopped. Sound science must move forward, not thwarted by Federal agencies with vested interests in on-going vaccine-autism injury litigation.

The autism advocacy organizations listed below implore parents of children with autism - and all those who care about the burgeoning rate of autism and its toll on the health of our children - to take immediate action.

We are asking you to write a letter of disapproval to key government decision-makers on autism. Click here and scroll down to "TAKE ACTION" for a sample letter and instructions on sending. Your letter will be sent to President Obama, your Senators and Representatives, HHS Secretary Tom Daschle, the Senate HELP Committee, Senators Dodd, Joe Lieberman, and Kennedy, and Congressmen and Joe Barton.

Your letters are needed NOW. The next IACC meeting is Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - less than two weeks away!

Here is what happened:

In a highly unusual departure from procedure, government representatives to the IACC voted on January 14th against conducting studies on vaccine-autism research despite approval of the same studies at their prior meeting on December 12, 2008. The research was supported by numerous autism organizations and requested by IACC’s scientific work groups and Congress. The maneuver to re-vote was initiated by the IACC’s representative from the CDC and pushed through by the IACC Chair, Dr. Tom Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health of NIH. Review of the studies was not listed on the committee’s official agenda, in violation of normal committee practice.

Unlike most Federal advisory committees, the IACC is dominated by government representatives occupying 12 of the 18 seats. Dr. Insel admitted at the meeting that HHS agencies (which includes NIH and CDC) have a conflict of interest in conducting vaccine-autism research due to “Vaccine Court” litigation in which HHS is the defendant. Of the 6 non-government (public) members, 5 voted to retain the vaccine research at the January meeting. The lone dissenting public member resigned from her organization, Autism Speaks, the night before the meeting. Autism Speaks has issued a statement denouncing her vote.

The Federal members of the IACC must know that the autism community objects to their manipulation of committee procedures to block unbiased research on the possible link between vaccines and autism.

They must hear that parents demand reinstatement by the IACC of the vaccine studies that were already part of the IACC’s Autism Research Strategic Plan, and to restore the funding already allocated to this research.

They must acknowledge the inherent conflict of interest of the NIH/CDC in conducting research on vaccine safety. Research initiatives MUST be coordinated by an independent committee that includes equal numbers of representatives from the autism-vaccine injured community and conducted by independent and non-biased entities.

We also urge parents to attend the February 4th IACC meeting in Washington DC if they are able to. Click here for the IACC website to register. We encourage you to sign up to make a public comment at the meeting.

Autism Action Network (AAN)Autism OneAutism Research InstituteGeneration RescueNational Autism Association (NAA)SafeMindsSchafer ReportTalk About Curing Autism (TACA)U.S. Autism & Asperger AssociationUnlocking Autism

For more information:

SafeMinds: Federal Members of Advisory Committee Block Vaccine-Autism Research

Autism Speaks Withdraws Support for Strategic Plan for Autism Research, Decries Unexpected Change in Final Approval Process

NAA on IACC Removal of Vaccine Safety Research

TACA: IACC Rescinds Vaccine Research Initiatives

ASA Statement on January 14, 2009 Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Meeting

IACC Insanity

GR Seeks Legal Action on IACC Violations

IACC Meeting Wednesday to Finalize Research Plan

HHS Website for Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

Think Autism. Think Cure. ®

Click here to visit our website

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From: National Autism Association <naa@...>Subject: Action Alert - Your Help is Needed!linwessels@...Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 2:17 PM

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ACTION ALERT!

Protest Federal Autism Committee’s Deceitful Reversal on Vaccine-Autism Research

Click Here to Take Action - Scroll Down to Take Action and you will be provided with a sample letter and instructions for sending.

The inexcusable actions of the Federal members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) in retracting vaccine-autism studies must be stopped. Sound science must move forward, not thwarted by Federal agencies with vested interests in on-going vaccine-autism injury litigation.

The autism advocacy organizations listed below implore parents of children with autism - and all those who care about the burgeoning rate of autism and its toll on the health of our children - to take immediate action.

We are asking you to write a letter of disapproval to key government decision-makers on autism. Click here and scroll down to "TAKE ACTION" for a sample letter and instructions on sending. Your letter will be sent to President Obama, your Senators and Representatives, HHS Secretary Tom Daschle, the Senate HELP Committee, Senators Dodd, Joe Lieberman, and Kennedy, and Congressmen and Joe Barton.

Your letters are needed NOW. The next IACC meeting is Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - less than two weeks away!

Here is what happened:

In a highly unusual departure from procedure, government representatives to the IACC voted on January 14th against conducting studies on vaccine-autism research despite approval of the same studies at their prior meeting on December 12, 2008. The research was supported by numerous autism organizations and requested by IACC’s scientific work groups and Congress. The maneuver to re-vote was initiated by the IACC’s representative from the CDC and pushed through by the IACC Chair, Dr. Tom Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health of NIH. Review of the studies was not listed on the committee’s official agenda, in violation of normal committee practice.

Unlike most Federal advisory committees, the IACC is dominated by government representatives occupying 12 of the 18 seats. Dr. Insel admitted at the meeting that HHS agencies (which includes NIH and CDC) have a conflict of interest in conducting vaccine-autism research due to “Vaccine Court” litigation in which HHS is the defendant. Of the 6 non-government (public) members, 5 voted to retain the vaccine research at the January meeting. The lone dissenting public member resigned from her organization, Autism Speaks, the night before the meeting. Autism Speaks has issued a statement denouncing her vote.

The Federal members of the IACC must know that the autism community objects to their manipulation of committee procedures to block unbiased research on the possible link between vaccines and autism.

They must hear that parents demand reinstatement by the IACC of the vaccine studies that were already part of the IACC’s Autism Research Strategic Plan, and to restore the funding already allocated to this research.

They must acknowledge the inherent conflict of interest of the NIH/CDC in conducting research on vaccine safety. Research initiatives MUST be coordinated by an independent committee that includes equal numbers of representatives from the autism-vaccine injured community and conducted by independent and non-biased entities.

We also urge parents to attend the February 4th IACC meeting in Washington DC if they are able to. Click here for the IACC website to register. We encourage you to sign up to make a public comment at the meeting.

Autism Action Network (AAN)Autism OneAutism Research InstituteGeneration RescueNational Autism Association (NAA)SafeMindsSchafer ReportTalk About Curing Autism (TACA)U.S. Autism & Asperger AssociationUnlocking Autism

For more information:

SafeMinds: Federal Members of Advisory Committee Block Vaccine-Autism Research

Autism Speaks Withdraws Support for Strategic Plan for Autism Research, Decries Unexpected Change in Final Approval Process

NAA on IACC Removal of Vaccine Safety Research

TACA: IACC Rescinds Vaccine Research Initiatives

ASA Statement on January 14, 2009 Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Meeting

IACC Insanity

GR Seeks Legal Action on IACC Violations

IACC Meeting Wednesday to Finalize Research Plan

HHS Website for Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

Think Autism. Think Cure. ®

Click here to visit our website

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From: National Autism Association <naa@...>Subject: Action Alert - Your Help is Needed!egerpatt@...Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 3:17 PM

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ACTION ALERT!

Protest Federal Autism Committee’s Deceitful Reversal on Vaccine-Autism Research

Click Here to Take Action - Scroll Down to Take Action and you will be provided with a sample letter and instructions for sending.

The inexcusable actions of the Federal members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) in retracting vaccine-autism studies must be stopped. Sound science must move forward, not thwarted by Federal agencies with vested interests in on-going vaccine-autism injury litigation.

The autism advocacy organizations listed below implore parents of children with autism - and all those who care about the burgeoning rate of autism and its toll on the health of our children - to take immediate action.

We are asking you to write a letter of disapproval to key government decision-makers on autism. Click here and scroll down to "TAKE ACTION" for a sample letter and instructions on sending. Your letter will be sent to President Obama, your Senators and Representatives, HHS Secretary Tom Daschle, the Senate HELP Committee, Senators Dodd, Joe Lieberman, and Kennedy, and Congressmen and Joe Barton.

Your letters are needed NOW. The next IACC meeting is Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - less than two weeks away!

Here is what happened:

In a highly unusual departure from procedure, government representatives to the IACC voted on January 14th against conducting studies on vaccine-autism research despite approval of the same studies at their prior meeting on December 12, 2008. The research was supported by numerous autism organizations and requested by IACC’s scientific work groups and Congress. The maneuver to re-vote was initiated by the IACC’s representative from the CDC and pushed through by the IACC Chair, Dr. Tom Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health of NIH. Review of the studies was not listed on the committee’s official agenda, in violation of normal committee practice.

Unlike most Federal advisory committees, the IACC is dominated by government representatives occupying 12 of the 18 seats. Dr. Insel admitted at the meeting that HHS agencies (which includes NIH and CDC) have a conflict of interest in conducting vaccine-autism research due to “Vaccine Court” litigation in which HHS is the defendant. Of the 6 non-government (public) members, 5 voted to retain the vaccine research at the January meeting. The lone dissenting public member resigned from her organization, Autism Speaks, the night before the meeting. Autism Speaks has issued a statement denouncing her vote.

The Federal members of the IACC must know that the autism community objects to their manipulation of committee procedures to block unbiased research on the possible link between vaccines and autism.

They must hear that parents demand reinstatement by the IACC of the vaccine studies that were already part of the IACC’s Autism Research Strategic Plan, and to restore the funding already allocated to this research.

They must acknowledge the inherent conflict of interest of the NIH/CDC in conducting research on vaccine safety. Research initiatives MUST be coordinated by an independent committee that includes equal numbers of representatives from the autism-vaccine injured community and conducted by independent and non-biased entities.

We also urge parents to attend the February 4th IACC meeting in Washington DC if they are able to. Click here for the IACC website to register. We encourage you to sign up to make a public comment at the meeting.

Autism Action Network (AAN)Autism OneAutism Research InstituteGeneration RescueNational Autism Association (NAA)SafeMindsSchafer ReportTalk About Curing Autism (TACA)U.S. Autism & Asperger AssociationUnlocking Autism

For more information:

SafeMinds: Federal Members of Advisory Committee Block Vaccine-Autism Research

Autism Speaks Withdraws Support for Strategic Plan for Autism Research, Decries Unexpected Change in Final Approval Process

NAA on IACC Removal of Vaccine Safety Research

TACA: IACC Rescinds Vaccine Research Initiatives

ASA Statement on January 14, 2009 Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Meeting

IACC Insanity

GR Seeks Legal Action on IACC Violations

IACC Meeting Wednesday to Finalize Research Plan

HHS Website for Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

Think Autism. Think Cure. ®

Click here to visit our website

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