Budget Boom

There's good news for autism research tucked into President Obama's 2011 budget proposal: $222 million of it, to be exact.That generous sum is part of the $32.1 billion the president has allocated to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Last year, the NIH received about $31 billion, plus the one-time gift of about $10 billion from the hefty stimulus package.The new NIH budget calls for autism funding "to expand research, detection, treatment, and other activities" related to improving the lives of individuals with the disorder.Read more at...SFARI, February 2010.