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Federal Issues Government Affairs Health Policy In the Media News

September 26, 2025

CEO Maura Sullivan Writes Editorial for Boston Globe Opinion Section on Federal Autism Conversation, Removing Stigma, and Supporting Individuals, Families, and Medicine

On Thursday, September 25, the Boston Globe Opinion section published an editorial written by The Arc of Massachusetts CEO on the current conversation about autism occurring at the federal level, the…

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Federal Issues Government Affairs Health Policy In the Media News

September 24, 2025

MASTERPOST: CEO Maura Sullivan Discussing Latest Federal Autism Claims in News Coverage – Updating

In response to the claims made by the federal government on September 22 regarding an alleged link between autism and acetaminophen, The Arc of Massachusetts CEO Maura Sullivan has been…

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Federal Issues Government Affairs Health Policy News Press Releases

September 22, 2025

Statement from CEO Maura Sullivan on Grounding Public Health Decisions in Sound Science and Evidence

We must ground decisions related to public health in sound science and evidence, not on rhetoric or opinions lacking the support of research. The correlation between acetaminophen and autism has…

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