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e-Speaks || September 23, 2006

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Conan O'Brien, host of the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, wore the Autism Speaks puzzle piece pin during the live broadcast of the event. Visit our updated photo gallery to see which other celebrities have been spotted wearing the pin to raise awareness about autism. Read more. And of course, the puzzle pin is available for sale in our online store. To order your own pin, click here. "The Pin is In!â€

Autism Speaks Advocacy Update

Autism Speaks and other groups continue to work toward passage this year of the Combating Autism Act. Toward that end, we are seeking to get 218 Representatives (a majority of the House) to cosponsor the House version of the bill (H.R. 2421). As of September 22, 2006, the bill had 189 cosponsors, so we need only 29 more. Read More. To contact your representative about cosponsoring the bill, click here.

Stars Turn Out for Celebrity Softball Game

Autism Speaks held its inaugural Celebrity Charity Softball Game at KeySpan Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, on Sept. 16, 2006, raising $4,000 in the process. Fans gathered at the stadium, the home of the minor league Brooklyn Cyclones baseball team, as a team from New York TV station CW11 took on team NBC. Read more. For a photo gallery from the event, click here.

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Autism Speaks, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of autism and raising money to fund autism research, today praised Congress for including a $7.5 million line item for Department of Defense-funded autism research in the final Fiscal 2007 Department of Defense Appropriations bill. The bill now goes to the President for his signature. This newly-created Department of Defense research program will complement the autism research funding already sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Each year the Department of Defense invests tens of millions of dollars in various medical research programs. In FY 2005, for example, the DOD funded breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and prostate cancer research initiatives. This appropriation measure marks the first time such spending has been directed toward research into autism. Read More.

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