The Autism Action Coalition

Advocacy Documents

We Are Everywhere

and we’re not going away...

AAC & BEAT IOWA Advocates Dana Halvorson, Robyn

Halvorson, Lujene Clark, Bobbie Manning and Meg Oberrauter

meet with Senator Tom Harkin on Capitol Hill

after the "Mercury Generation March" – April 6, 2006

National Political Action Organizing Campaign

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Links to Documents That May Be Useful in Your Advocacy

1. Autism Alarm from the CDC – 2004

2. CDC Autism Prevalence Report (MMWR) From 2006 showing rate is 1 in 175, at least, and that as of 2004 at least 300,000 children ages 4-17 are affected

3. Your state's autism (IDEA) statistics available at
http://www.fightingautism.org/idea/autism-prevalence-report.php (ThankYou! Fighting Autism)

4. Illustration of Costs of Lifetime Care

5. HR 5887 - The Vaccine Safety Confidence Assurance Act of 2006

6.HR 5940 - The Comprehensive Comparative Study of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Populations Act of 2006

7. HR 881 – The Mercury-Free Vaccines Act - House Version

8. S. 1422 The Mercury-Free Vaccines Act - Senate Version

9. Full page newspaper ads by Generation Rescue
http://www.generationrescue.org/

(Thank you Generation Rescue)

“Never underestimate the power of a small group of individuals to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has."

– Margaret Mead