Privacy Policy - :: Combat Autism ::

Your privacy is important to all the autism organizations supporting the Combat Autism site. This statement describes our privacy practices including what type of information is gathered and tracked, how the information is used, and with whom the information is shared.

Personal Information

You can visit www.combatautism.org without telling us who you are and without revealing any information about yourself. However, to access certain portions of the Web site and access some services we provide, you may have to give us personal information such as your name, address and e-mail.

Information security and quality

We intend to protect the quality and integrity of your personally identifiable information. We have implemented appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures to help keep your information secure, accurate, current, and complete.

Web site traffic information

When you arrive at or leave the Combat Autism site, we automatically receive the Web address of the site that you came from or are going to. We also collect information on which pages of our Web site you visit while you are on our hosted site, the type of browser you use and the times you access our hosted sites. We use this information only to try to better understand visitor preferences and to manage the load on our servers.

We sometimes use cookies to collect anonymous information from visits to our sites to help us provide better service. We may use this data to analyze trends and statistics and to help us provide better customer service, but we do so in ways that keep the information anonymous. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your system. You can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, some areas of some sites may not function properly.

Disclosure to third parties

We will only share personally identifiable information with a third party if and when the individual submitting this information has permitted us to do so, or if we are required by law to do so.

Links to Other Web Sites

Kintera hosted sites contain links to other Web sites. Kintera is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Why It's Important for Your Legislator to Become a Co-sponsor
The EPIAA will accomplish the following goals in the fight against autism:

The EPIAA will authorize approximately $350 million in new federal money – over and above all existing federal spending on autism – for important initiatives related to treatments, interventions, and services for both children and adults with autism.

More specifically, the EPIAA authorizes -

The creation of a task force (with not less than 1/3 autism community membership) to report to Congress and the Executive Branch on the state of evidence-based biomedical and behavioral treatments and services for both children and adults with autism, including identifying gaps in applied research on such treatments, interventions and services.
Demonstration grants for the coverage of treatments, interventions and services ($20 million annually).
Planning and demonstration grants for services for adults with autism ($20 million annually).
Grants for the expansion of access to immediate post-diagnosis care ($10 million in Fiscal Year 2009, growing to $20 million by Fiscal Year 2012).
National training grants for the University Centers of Excellence for Developmental Disabilities for training, technical assistance and additional services for individuals with autism and their families ($13.4 million annually).
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on service provision and financing.
Grants to protection and advocacy systems to better meet the needs of families facing autism and other developmental disabilities, including legal representation ($6 million annually).

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