The Combating Autism Act of 2006, unanimously passed by the Senate in August, passed in the House on Friday. The bill, sponsored by Representative Mary Bono (R-CA) and Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), will award research grants, education on autism and statewide autism screening, diagnosis, and intervention programs and systems.
Incidents of autism increased 10-fold from 6 in 10,000 in the 1980s to about 60 in 10,000 today. Recently documented links to mercury exposure could be just one of many environmental triggers for autism. Such a staggering change deserves national attention. Hopefully President Bush will agree.
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