The following is a personal blog post written by Melissa Welin, Co-Founder of the Fragile X LINKS Group of Eastern Massachusetts giving an introduction to Advocacy Day through the eyes of a first time advocate. [...]
Good news! The 2012 federal budget process has finally concluded, and Fragile X has emerged from the process with federal funding and programs intact. This was only because of the relationships we’ve nurtured and grown [...]
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, a bill to protect students from ineffective and dangerous seclusion and restraint practices in [...]
Despite the fact that we're now 7 weeks into fiscal year 2012 the budget for 2012 that impacts FX research and programming (CDC, NIH, DOD) remains unfinished. There was a slim chance that it would [...]
Jeffery Cohen, Director of Governmental Affairs and Advocacy for the National Fragile X Foundation was in Washington DC last Monday and attended the 10th anniversary celebration of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental [...]
Advocacy Day 2012 is just around the corner. The date is March 6-7, 2012 and as in prior years training will be held on Tuesday (March 6) from 1-5pm and Congressional visits will be scheduled [...]
