Autism researchers rebuke Kennedy, form independent advisory group

A group of autism researchers and advocates announced Tuesday the formation of an independent advisory body that will develop a scientific agenda for the autism community. They hope to act as a bulwark against a federal committee bearing a similar name and its new members who believe that childhood vaccines can cause autism, despite the lack of evidence for such a link.

The Independent Autism Coordinating Committee (I-ACC) will hold its first meeting on March 19 — the same day that the newly-reformed federal body, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), will meet for its first publicly-announced meeting, as first reported by the Washington Post.

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