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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Apr. 30, 2008

Addressing an Epidemic

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - Areva Martin's 4th in a 4-part series on autism.

FORUM COLUMN

By Areva D. Martin
This article appears on Page 4

      Not many things can be as painful as having your child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. And, nothing can be more unifying. In 2005, by a unanimous vote by the California Legislature, Senator Pro Tem Don Perata, R-Oakland, sponsored legislation, SCR 51, to create the 16-member Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism. This bipartisan commission was charged wit...

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