Cost of treating autism (LIVE) Today on C-Span Radio at 2:00 pm

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FYI http://den-a.plr.liquidcompass.net/player/flash/audio_player.php?id=WCSPFM & uid=346 House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee hearing looking at the federal response to the recent rise in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnoses, as well as the allocation of government resources for ASD. The hearing will also review research and treatment options for those diagnosed with ASDs. Panel One: (Will provide update on work of Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, on which both serve)• Alan Guttmacher, director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health• Coleen Boyle, director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Panel Two: (A wide range of advocate groups)• Bob , co-founder, Autism Speaks• Badesch, president, Autism Society• Mark Blaxil, board member, SafeMinds• Bradley McGarry, coordinator, Asperger Initiative, Mercyhurst University• Carley, executive director, Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership• Ari Ne'eman, president, Autistic Self Advocacy Network