Autism Speaks committed an unprecedented $30 million in new research funding to uncover the cause(s), prevention, treatments and cure for autism, making it the nation's top private funder of autism research.

Autism Speaks' public service announcement campaign, produced with the Ad Council, garnered over $81 million in donated media and led to a nationwide 14 percentage point increase in autism awareness by the general public.

Autism Speaks launched the online family services resource guide. This database, which has grown to over 15,000 entries, allows families to search by state or zip code to find a wide range of local or regional services.

Congress approved full funding of the Combating Autism Act. The appropriations bill provides $162 million for programs at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Autism Speaks launched the Autism Video Glossary, a free, web-based tool to help parents and professionals learn more about the early warning signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Autism Speaks' “Autism Treatment Network” (ATN) tripled in size, expanding from five sites to fifteen sites across the U.S. and Canada. The ATN is a group of hospitals and medical centers dedicated to improving and standardizing medical care for children and adolescents with ASD.

Autism Speaks completed its merger with Cure Autism Now, a family-founded, autism advocacy group based in Los Angeles. In 2006 Autism Speaks merged with the National Alliance for Autism Research. Autism Speaks is now the nation's largest autism advocacy organization.

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