We are halfway through Autism Awareness, Action and/or Acceptance month. Below are the points of "interest" from the Inter-agency Autism Coordinating Committee. You ll note that IACC rhymes with I yack. Funny. Not funny. One group featured wants to increase access.
Federal Autism Committee Remains Defunct
by Michelle Diament | February 22, 2021
Members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee meet in 2014 in Bethesda, Md. (Isaac Kohane/Flickr)
A federal committee charged with guiding the nation’s priorities on autism remains in disarray nearly a year and a half after Congress reauthorized it.
The panel known as the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee comprised of federal officials and members of the autism community is tasked with advising the secretary of health and human services and coordinating federal activities related to the developmental disability.
The IACC last met in July 2019 and every member of the panel saw their term expire at the end of that September. Congress renewed the committee in a version of the Autism CARES Act, which took effect in October 2019, and nominations for new members were accepted between Nov. 19, 2019 and Feb. 21, 2020.