Autism cure movement

Issues

Autism therapies

Causes of autism

Sociological and cultural aspects

Organizations

Athletes Against Autism

Autism Research Institute

Autism Society of America

Autism Speaks

Defeat Autism Now!

Generation Rescue

Talk About Curing Autism

People

Bernard Rimland

Paul Shattock

Vijendra K. Singh

Edward Yazbak

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Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2000 and based in Costa Mesa, California. TACA provides information, resources, and support to families affected by autism. TACA aims to reduce the lag time between autism diagnosis and effective treatments and endeavors to strengthen the autism community by connecting families and professionals who can help them, allowing them to share stories and information to help people with autism be the best they can be.

Currently, TACA holds monthly meetings featuring speakers in many states across the United States.

Contents 1 National spokesperson 2 Pacific Life Foundation Grant 3 References 4 External links

[edit] National spokesperson

In September, 2007, TACA announced the appointment of its new national spokesperson, Jenny McCarthy, whose son Evan was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.^[1][2][3] Evan's recovery from autistic symptoms is described in his mother's concurrently released fourth book, Louder than Words – A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism.

[edit] Pacific Life Foundation Grant

In January 2009, TACA received a $300,000 grant from the Newport Beach-based Pacific Life Foundation. TACA launched three new programs for Orange County, California families including a Spanish-language program, the addition on an in house advocate to provide education, training and support for families, and scholarships that would allow families to procure independent assessments for their children. All of these programs are offered at no charge to families affected by families.

As a result, TACA now has a Spanish-language section of their website, En Español, which is a resource for Spanish-speaking parents of children with autism regardless of their location.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• TalkAboutCuringAutism.org - Talk About Curing Autism website

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