Time Sensitive ! New Jersey Parents Please Help Autism Research Legislation

November 21, 2001

Dear New Jersey Parents:

I am asking you to make a few phone calls today to help the Autism legislation

to provide $5.7 million over the next five years for autism research in the

State of New Jersey, which is in great danger of being lost.

During the past year New Jersey Cure Autism Now and a number of other groups

have been working to pass legislation embodied in New Jersey State Senate

Bill S1133 which is titled " The Governor's Council for Medical Research and

Treatment of Infantile Autism shall be funded annually at $1.5 million. "

This legislation has passed four committees and now is in the office of the

Senate President and Majority Leader, O. . He has been

called many times but still refuses to post this legislation for a vote in

the Senate on November 26, that will continue the $1.5 million funding over a

period of five years.

Please call Senator at 732-842-4900 to ask him to post the Legislation #

S 1133 Infantile Autism research on Monday November 26.

SUGGESTED TELEPHONE SCRIPT

Please ask to speak to (his legislative aide): Say to her something like:

" I have an autistic child who is __ years old and it is a major problem for me

and my family. Please ask Senator to allow a vote on Senate Bill S1133

to give annual funding of $1.5 million for medical research on autism over the

next five years. "

If she gives you a lot of argument about it costs too much, simply say something

like " There are about 15 thousand autistic people in New Jersey and about 5,000

of them cannot even speak... This affects more than 100,000 close relatives ...

parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters... and costs the state about $500

million each year in social services I strongly think that .. the State of New

Jersey should provide serious funding to help conquer this terrible disability. "

If is not available leave a message and call again to speak to her

personally. Tell her that you want Senator to post the autism

Legislation S 1133 for a vote in the Senate on November 26 2001.

P.S. Senator 's email address is: Sen@... and his

fax number is 732-842-5326..

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Sincerely yours

Lightbourne

41 Essex Avenue

Metuchen, NJ 08840

Tel: 732-548-1612

Fax: 732-494-2469

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