Autism is Relentless. We must be relentless too.

July 16, 2009

Thursday, July 16 2009

Autism is relentless. In order to effect a change at the national level, we

must be relentless too.

The government relations team at Autism Speaks is monitoring the health care

reform issue in D.C. very closely. A health care reform bill is going to pass -

likely in the next several weeks. The issues we face as families affected by

autism must be addressed in this bill.

Autism Speaks is constantly adapting a strategy to give us the best chance of

making this happen. The strategy may change every hour or it may appear

redundant but there is a " method to the madness " . The important thing is that

as the troops, we stay alert and be ready to act when we get our mission plans.

Today's mission

Make two phone calls. Call Speaker of the House Pelosi and Senate

Majority Leader Harry Reid at the phone numbers below:

Speaker Pelosi (202) 225-0100

Majority Leader Reid (202) 224-3542

Just say this:

" Hi, My name is _______________. I am calling from (Your city, your state).

I want you to know that health care reform that does not stop autism insurance

discrimination is unacceptable. Thank you. "

Be patient. Be polite. Keep dialing until you get through to them. Then do it

again. If the voice mail box is full, call back and request that the

receptionist take a message. Please send this message on to 15 other people.

Thanks and stay tuned!

Wasmer, DVM

Founder, The Kansas Coalition for Autism Legislation (KCAL)

P.O. Box 27295

ee Mission KS 66225-7295

phone: 913-626-0668

email: mike@...

Autism Speaks Kansas Chapter Advocacy Chair

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