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Nature 448, 628-629 (9 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448628a; Published online 8 August 2007
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Special report Autism Speaks: the United States pays up
Abstract
In recent years, autism has become the golden child of the fund-raising circuit. Meredith Wadman looks at a US public-relations success that is driving research funds and expertise towards this childhood condition, and asks who is missing out.
Toni Braxton, Matthew Broderick, Bill Cosby — perhaps not names you would associate with social or communication difficulties, and yet in one night, they helped raise $1.45 million at a fund-raiser for research into one of the least-understood disorders affecting children: autism.
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