As scientists uncover the precise links between autism and the Fragile X gene, potential treatments to reverse many of the core symptoms of both autism and Fragile X syndrome (FXS) are moving closer to reality.
The three bills which comprised the TEAM Act began and finished the 112th Congress without ever making it to a vote. The package of bills serve the dual function of promoting the training and employment [...]
The following is about a topic important to all parents of children with FXS, including those who are now adults or soon to become adults. The NFXF continues to provide leadership on issues related to [...]
Jeffrey Cohen Director of Government Affairs & Advocacy In case you hadn’t noticed there’s a big election coming up. The upcoming presidential election is sure to have an impact on our country, your locale [...]
Jeffrey Cohen Director of Government Affairs & Advocacy During the week of June 25th I was scheduled to be in DC to attend Congressional Hearings on Seclusion and Restraint and to meet with [...]
Jeffrey Cohen Director of Government Affairs & Advocacy To the casual observer it may look like absolutely nothing is going on in Washington, DC but if your observation stopped there you’d be missing a [...]
Rep. Gregg Harper Special to Roll Call May 14, 2012, Midnight Every day in schools across the United States, students are being subjected to barbaric and potentially deadly treatment in the form of seclusion [...]
The National Fragile X Foundation is co-hosting National Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act Call-In Day on Wednesday, April 25, along with Autism Speaks, National Down Syndrome Society, Muscular Dystrophy Association, NDSC, and several [...]
As part of our continuing public policy activities, we have been monitoring the incremental implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Many of you know that the Act is currently under review by the Supreme [...]
"Public Policy Is for People!" reflects a fundamental truth about the legislative advocacy efforts we pursue at the National Fragile X Foundation. Yes, "public policy" may sound like a forgettable chapter in your high school [...]
Source: Department of Defense: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Andrew Selinger The dream of every parent is for each of their children to be happy and healthy. For Andrew Selinger, that dream is bittersweet. His [...]
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 [...]
By Jeffrey Cohen Director of Governmental Affairs and Advocacy, NFXF The 2012 federal budget remains an unsettled matter. The 2011 fiscal year ends on 9/30 and 2012 begins on 10/1. Under “normal” circumstances the 2012 [...]
Here's your chance to step-up and take action. Representative Gregg Harper has already introduced the TEAM Act package of bills for his son and for all of our family members and friends impacted by FX. [...]
