US EditionAutism researchers form independent committee as counter to Kennedy-appointed group
The Independent Autism Coordinating Committee formed to provide evidence-based guidance and counter misinformation, with 12 experts including former federal leaders.
- On Tuesday, autism researchers and advocates announced the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee to develop a scientific agenda and hold its first meeting on March 19 alongside the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.
- Facing the federal overhaul, researchers organized an independent alternative after Kennedy appointed 21 new IACC members, some supporting vaccine–autism claims, as said Tager‑Flusberg.
- The 12-member Independent ACC, mostly researchers including Joshua Gordon, MD, PhD, and Alison Singer, plans same-day meetings on vaccines and contested topics mirroring the federal schedule.
- HHS said it will not alter the federal panel's proceedings, while Alison Singer said the effort is needed to ensure `science, not misinformation, guides autism research`.
- With about 2 billion in annual autism research funding at stake, the Independent ACC says it will fulfill the Autism CARES Act objective, Helen Tager‑Flusberg, PhD, said, while its first meeting agenda targets non‑evidence based treatments.
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Autism Scientists Form Independent Committee to Counter RFK Jr.
(MedPage Today) -- Former NIH institute directors, autism researchers, and advocacy leaders established an independent board today to coordinate work among nongovernment autism research funders and create a scientific agenda for the autism community...
Scientists Create New Autism Panel to Counter the One Selected by RFK Jr.
A group of scientists announced on March 3 the creation of an autism committee aimed at providing an alternative to the federal panel that is now made up of members selected by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Among the members of the new committee are Dr. Joshua Gordon, chair of the federal panel through 2024; former Pennsylvania Congressman Jim Greenwood, who helped establish the panel; and Helen Tager-Flusberg, an autism researcher and …
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