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The IACC’s Impact on Federal Autism Policy Today – Here’s What You Should Know

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Most people have never heard of the IACC, or the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee. It was established under the Children’s Health Act of 2000 and re-authorized most recently under the Autism CARES Act of 2024. It’s housed within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), coordinating autism research, services, and policies across …

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Impact of NIH Funding Cuts on Biomedical Research

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world’s largest funder of scientific research, supporting the majority of the biomedical research going on in the United States. In 2023 alone, the NIH spent more than $35 billion on almost 50,000 competitive grants to more than 300,000 researchers at more than 2,500 institutions. Unfortunately, this lifeline …

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