The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Hearing on Autism

November 29, 2012

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  • Read the letter, This was an important day for autism, from SafeMinds President Sallie Bernard and Executive Director Eric Uram.  Click here to read.
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Watch the hearings here:

Panel 1

Panel 2

SafeMinds board member Mark Blaxill begins his testimony right around 14:00. 

 

Information Submitted by SafeMinds as part of public record:

Download: Mark Blaxill's Testimony to the House Committee on Oversight Hearing on Autism 11/29/12

Download: Mark Blaxill's Slide Presentation to the House Committee on Oversight Hearing on Autism 11/29/12

Download:  Autism, a National Emergency, A SafeMinds Report on the Federal Response submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform as Testimony to the Hearing:  1 in 88 Children:  A Look into the Federal Response to Rising Rates of Autism

Download: SafeMinds Background Report, Poul Thorsen, M.D., Ph.D:  CDC Researcher Fugitive from Justice

Download:  EBCALA Unanswered Questions 

Thalia Seggelink of Thinking Moms’ Revolution and Autism One Interviews Representative Dan Burton on the Eve of the first Congressional Hearing on Autism in a Decade.