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Library Categories > Politics, Public Policy and Advocacy > California Democrats push bills to fight spread of autism

 
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California Democrats push bills to fight spread of autism 		   
Summary Statement:

Undeterred by the state's budget woes, Democratic lawmakers Wednesday unveiled eight bills to address the dramatic rise in diagnosis of children with autism.

The legislation is the result of three years of public hearings throughout the state by the Legislature's Commission on Autism, consisting of health experts, educators and families affected by the nation's fastest-growing developmental disability.

Once considered rare, autism is now more prevalent than juvenile diabetes, childhood cancer and pediatric AIDS combined – and affects one of every 150 children and one of every 94 boys.
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legislation,  bills
Submission Date:

04/04/2008by: shannonj
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