Walk Now For Autism Speaks
Sacramento – 10/9/2011
www.walknowforautismspeaks.org/

Attend a Wretches & Jabberers "movievent."
The Autism Society is proud to partner with Academy Award®-winning director Gerardine Wurzburg to release her feature length documentary Wretches & Jabberers during National Autism Awareness Month in April 2011. The film will be released through nationwide “movievents,” which will include a screening of the film and a live panel discussion featuring Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, the film’s featured self-advocates with autism. Watch the movie trailer at: www.wretchesandjabberers.org.

Turn on your own power!
– Start your own event – walk, run, race, golf, cycle, triathlon, jump, row…all for autism. www.1power4autism.org -

Robert MacNeil Returns to NewsHour for 'Autism Today' Series
www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/04/robinhari-preview-draft.html

C.A.S.T. for Kids
– Saturday, May 21 at Folsom Lake More Information
http://www.castforkids.org/

San Francisco Giants Autism Awareness Night
http://mlb.mlb.com/sf/ticketing/group_special_events.jsp#autism

Resources

UC Davis MIND Institute
The Vision – The UC Davis MIND Institute (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) is a collaborative international research center, committed to the awareness, understanding, prevention, care, and cure of neurodevelopmental disorders. www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/

Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks aims to bring the autism community together as one strong voice to urge the government and private sector to listen to our concerns and take action to address this urgent global health crisis. It is our firm belief that, working together, we will find the missing pieces of the puzzle. www.autismspeaks.org

Autism Society www.autism-society.org

Senator Darrell Steinberg
The California Senate Select Committee on Autism & Related Disorders http://senweb03.senate.ca.gov/focus/outreach/sd06/sd06-autism-201004.asp