LIVE STREAM: Examining the Federal Response to Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Source: Committee on Oversight & Government Reform

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May 20, 2014 | 9:00 a.m. in 2247 Rayburn House Office Building

Witness and Testimony Documents

Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Chair, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

Mr. Michael K. Yudin
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
U.S. Department of Education

Marcia Crosse, Ph.D..
Director, Health Care
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Hearing Documents
Topics

Read more: http://oversight.house.gov/hearing/examining-federal-response-autism-spectrum-disorders/

[proverbialwisdom]

1. In case you missed the live stream, here's the archived video link.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/47795646

(although I can't seem to actually view the video yet). OTOH, the full video is embedded in TACA tweet and it plays:

https://twitter.com/TACAfoundation

TACA ?@TACAfoundation 3h



Committee on Oversight & Government reform had an #autism hearing this morning. Link for recording starts at 26 mins http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/47795646 …

Again, sorry, I'm unable to get URL for the specific tweet.

[proverbialwisdom]

2. Dr. Tom Insel contrasts autism and AIDS research funding here.

START @ ~01:18:25

"I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO PUT ALL OF THIS IN SOME CONTEXT, AND THE REASON WHY I KEEP HARPING ON THIS BEING THE WRONG RABBIT GOING DOWN THE WRONG HOLE IS THAT WHEN YOU COMPARE AUTISM TO AIDS, IT'S REALLY QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.

SO AS YOU SAID, CHAIRMAN MICA, $160M IS BEING SPENT IN 2012, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY THE AUTISM FIGURE, AND YOU ALSO, BOTH OF YOU, CITED THE ENORMOUS PUBLIC HEALTH COST AND ECONOMIC COST.

AIDS AFFECTS ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. DO YOU WANT TO GUESS WHAT THE AIDS BUDGET IS FOR RESEARCH AT THE NIH?

IT'S 3 BILLION DOLLARS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 160 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A DISORDER (AUTISM) THAT AFFECTS AT LEAST AS MANY CHILDREN AS ARE AFFECTED BY, AS ARE AFFECTED WITH AIDS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY."

BAM!

[LeftishBrit]

3. Sorry; hosts are locking this as not breaking news. Please feel free to repost in GD or Health.