Public Comments July 21-22, 2021 1 Table of Contents Oral Comments ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Christopher Banks on behalf of The Autism Society of America .................................................................. 5 Jill Escher, J.D., M.A. on behalf of National Council on Severe Autism ........................................................ 7 Bin Feng ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 Kelly Israel on behalf of Autistic Self Advocacy Network ............................................................................ 11 Noemi Spinazzi on behalf of M.D., Down syndrome-Autism workgroup of the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Written Comments ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Oren Evans .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Ramey Chisum............................................................................................................................................. 18 Resa Warner ................................................................................................................................................ 19 Kevin Tallman .............................................................................................................................................. 20 Blesse Fields ................................................................................................................................................ 21 Marc Lefebvre ............................................................................................................................................. 22 Jobie Steppe ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Rob Avina .................................................................................................................................................... 24 Elissa Leonard ............................................................................................................................................. 25 Elissa Leonard ............................................................................................................................................. 26 Elissa Leonard ............................................................................................................................................. 27 Trenton Ashizawa ....................................................................................................................................... 29 Harold Frost III, Ph.D. .................................................................................................................................. 30 Harold Frost III, Ph.D. .................................................................................................................................. 32 Harold Frost III, Ph.D. .................................................................................................................................. 33 Harold Frost III, Ph.D. .................................................................................................................................. 35 Harold Frost III, Ph.D. .................................................................................................................................. 36 Nayeema Bashar ......................................................................................................................................... 37 TD Wallin ..................................................................................................................................................... 38 Paula Notarino ............................................................................................................................................ 41 Ann Lindsey-Frost ....................................................................................................................................... 42 Happy Bird ................................................................................................................................................... 43 Jean Public................................................................................................................................................... 44 Martha Gabler ............................................................................................................................................. 45 2 Connie Louderback ..................................................................................................................................... 46 Francine Hogan ........................................................................................................................................... 47 Lisa Elliott .................................................................................................................................................... 48 Jane Kleiman ............................................................................................................................................... 49 Karin Lunsford ............................................................................................................................................. 50 David Kassel on behalf of Massachusetts Coalition of Families and Advocates, Inc (COFAR, Inc) ............. 51 Lin Zhang ..................................................................................................................................................... 52 Rita Whitney ............................................................................................................................................... 53 Dawn Sikora ................................................................................................................................................ 54 La Donna Ford, M.D. ................................................................................................................................... 55 Alexander MacInnis, M.S., M.S. .................................................................................................................. 57 Mary Barbera, Ph.D. .................................................................................................................................... 59 Alicia Mesa .................................................................................................................................................. 60 Deborah Blair Porter ................................................................................................................................... 61 Stephen Wallace, J.D. and Debra Wallace .................................................................................................. 64 Adrienne Benjamin ..................................................................................................................................... 66 Rachel Johnson ........................................................................................................................................... 67 Brita Darany von Regensburg ..................................................................................................................... 69 Joy McDaniel ............................................................................................................................................... 70 Jennifer Degner ........................................................................................................................................... 72 Arzu Forough on behalf of Washington Autism Alliance ............................................................................ 73 Eileen Nicole Simon, Ph.D., R.N. ................................................................................................................. 75 Heather Gordon .......................................................................................................................................... 75 Kim Oakley .................................................................................................................................................. 77 Email Campaign Form Letter 1 .................................................................................................................... 79 Email Campaign Form Letter 2 .................................................................................................................... 81 Email Campaign Form Letter 3 .................................................................................................................... 82 3 Oral Comments 4 Christopher Banks on behalf of The Autism Society of America The Autism Society of America appreciates the efforts of IACC and its committee. Our organization, with its 74 affiliates throughout 33 states, has traditionally had representation on IACC. Since 1965, the Autism Society of America has worked tirelessly to support the autism community through advocacy, education, information and referrals, support and community building.