Crosspost--Jan 16 public comment deadline-Autism Research Matrix

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Crosspost--

Reminder that the deadline for public input to the Autism Research Matrix is

Tuesday, January 16, 2007.

From the neurodiversity weblog:

http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/117/

(which contains additional info on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

and the draft report, " Evaluating Progress on the IACC Autism Research Matrix " )

See link below to skip the blog and go straight to the report and reply email

for the IACC.

" ...At the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee’s meeting on May 9, 2006,

it was agreed that it was an opportune time to evaluate progress on the Autism

Research Matrix. NIMH was tasked with conducting the evaluation, and an

evaluation meeting was held on September 25th. The results of the evaluation

were reported to the IACC at its November 17th meeting, and the IACC agreed to

post the draft report for comments from the public. We encourage everyone to

read the draft report and submit their comments to the IACC by January 16, 2007.

The draft report and IACC email address can be found at:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/autismiacc/index.cfm

" ...(See box titled " For Public Comment " )

My note: Because this is a blog, there are comments at the end which are

opinions of the individual writers, however I believe that there are helpful

suggestions within the blog post itself on how one might address and frame a

comment to the IACC regarding the document, in case one feels unsure of how to

do so.

Just a reminder of this opportunity and deadline,

Regina F.