Comments to the IACC and a Contest about “thinking differently”
The National Autistic Society has launched a Creativity Competition, “My life with autism or Asperger’s syndrome.” Autistic adults are invited to express their experiences living with autism; nine winning entries will be chosen, today’s Coventry News notes. Adults with autism or Asperger’s over the age of 18 can enter; the deadline is September 30th. More information can be found at Think Differently.
September 30th is also the deadline to submit a comment regarding the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Draft Strategic Plan for ASD Research. Feedback is sought from ASD stakeholders—individuals with ASD and their families, autism advocates, scientists, health professionals, therapists, educators, officials of state and local programs for ASD, and the public at large—-about the draft Strategic Plan. The draft Strategic Plan does not include cost estimates for implementation; a workgroup has been formed to advise about the IACC budgetary requirements needed to fulfill the research objectives described in the draft Strategic Plan.
The draft Strategic Plan can be accessed this webpage (scroll down for a link to a PDF file).
Responses to the plan should be directed to iiaccservices@mail.nih.gov ; the deadline is, again, September 30th. The IACC will review the workgroup recommendations at its next meeting on November 21, 2008. Please limit your response to two pages (approximately 1,000 words) and mark it with the RFI identifier NOT-MH-08-021 in the subject line. You will receive an email confirmation acknowledging receipt of your response, but will not receive individualized feedback on any suggestions. The collected information will be reviewed by the IACC, may appear in reports, and shared publicly on the IACC website.
Go here to see the official RFI notice NOT-MH-08-021.
September 30th is a month away but it’s not too late to get started. (And, September 19th is the deadline for submitting a comment to the IACC about autism services.)
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1 opinion for Comments to the IACC and a Contest about “thinking differently”
Regan
Sep 5, 2008 at 2:25 pm
It’s a little moan but I really hope that as much time and thought is being devoted to the analysis, discussion and response to
RFI notices,
NOT-MH-08-021:Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee Draft Strategic Plan for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Research is Available for Comment; deadline in 25 days/Sept 30
and
NOT-MH-08-016: Priorities for the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee Services Subcommittee for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD); deadline in 14 days/Sept 19,
as to the ongoing vaccine debate.
I’ve been forwarding these notices to as many people who I can think of who might have a relevant interest in examining the draft and commenting so that they are apprised of what is being considered on the Federal level, and the IACC can get a broad representative sample to consider. I hope many are also.
I have no doubt some long-standing controversies will still be here at the end of the month (and possibly ad infinitum), but the RFIs are, as they say on the TV, “Limited-time offers”.
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