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Annotated Bibliography

Where Does Our Money Go? Government Autism Funding

Alana Hadley
Professor Malcolm Campbell
English 1103
October 27, 2015

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Annotated Bibliography
Federal Funding. AutismSpeaks.org. Autism Speaks Inc. 2015. Web. 15 Oct. 2015.
The federal funding page of the Autism Speaks is a collection page of different scholarly
articles about federal funding for autism. It holds articles from 2007 all the way until the
present time. These articles deal with different topics about the funding for autism by the
federal government, from deciding to take a $19 million risk for new autism research to
wanting to put more money towards autism in general to make it a new priority. It is a
very good resource to go to for my topic. The website is run by Autism Speaks which is
directly relatable to my topic and one of the largest organizations in the nation dealing
with autism and funding. Autism Speaks is a reliable source as they are nationally if not
worldly known and is the go to organization for information on autism. Even though
they are perfect for my topic they are going to be slightly biased towards what is best for
autism. However this might end up turning to my favor as they will be inclined to make
it known if there is insufficient funding in any area, which is what I want to learn about in
this inquiry project. This will definitely be a source I plan on using in this project and
will most likely go back to a lot. It will help me to learn where the funding the federal
government is putting money and which fields may be lacking.
Gottlieb, Eli. Adult, Autistic, and Ignored. The New York Times. n.p. 5 Sept 2015. Web. 20 Oct
2015.
This article is from the point of view of someone who has had to deal with having a
sibling with adulthood autism to take care of. He depicts the truths of just how uncharted
the territory is of dealing with adulthood autism. The federal government funds and sets
up many opportunities for children with autism but once they grow up and reach the age

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of 21 the federal government stops helping. According to the article, adults with autism
only have the state government to look to for help. The article also shows how little
funding is spent on dealing with the adult demographic both in research and in
organizations. The author talks about how 39% of adults with autism get no help after
high school and this leads to loneliness and social isolation which cause the person to
regress in social the social progress they made while in school and camps while a child.
The author is good at being able to shine light on pressing issues because they have to
deal with them on a daily basis; however, they are able to use statistical facts to back up
points and avoid coming across as biased. This helps me immensely on trying to figure
out whether one demographic is getting more funding and help than the other. While I
had roughly guessed that children get more funding, it is wonderful to have some back up
from a real source with statistical evidence to help me with this point. I will definitely be
using this source during my inquiry project.
Justin Jensen in Current Events. Childrens Place Association announces fight against Rauners
budget cuts. YouTube, YouTube. 30 March 2015. Web. 18 Oct 2015.
This video is from a news broadcast where Illinois governor Rauner wants to cut the
funding for autism in half. In the process, it would cause a special childrens daycare that
takes care of children with special needs for low income families to shut down. This
shows the daycare fighting against him and explaining just how important the funding (a
$390,000 grant) is for them. It is interesting to see in the video the side of people
wanting to cut funding when you can constantly see needs to increase the funding there
already is in the state. Since this video was found on YouTube I am hesitant to want to
use this video in the inquiry project as news broadcasts can be heavily biased and the

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people interviewed are extremely biased towards their cause with now solid facts or
statistics to back up their claims. Therefore I will not be using this source.
Singh, Jennifer, Judy Illes, Laura Lazzeroni, and Joachim Hallmayer. "Trends in Us Autism
Research Funding." Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 39.5 (2009): 788795. Print. Web accessed. 15 Oct. 2015.
This article is explaining a study that shows that the number of autism research grants
funded in the US significantly increased 15% per year. No other child psychiatric
disorder has seen such an increase in fund raising activities and lobbying for federal
dollars. Public expectations of quick breakthroughs in autism research, especially among
parents of children with autism, are very high. And this study demonstrates a dramatic
increase in funding for autism spectrum disorder from 1997 to 2006 that is distributed
across research projects in all major categories: basic, clinical, and translational research
as a result. This source is peer-reviewed and done for a scientific journal about autism
and leads me to believe that it was conducted in a nonbiased manner. The authors are
very credible in what they do and appear to be unbiased in the matter as well. I would be
able to use this information to show where the funding is going and how much funding
different sections are receiving. This is very important to my question in the inquiry
project so I plan on using this source in answering those questions.