Madison House Autism Foundation presentation to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee

This is a videocast of a presentation by the Madison House Autism Foundation (MHAF) on housing options for adults with autism, including planned and intentional communities. It was presented to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) at their July 2017 meeting.

Here is an overview of the IACC, a federal committee that advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on autism issues:

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) is a Federal advisory committee that coordinates Federal efforts and provides advice to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Through its inclusion of both Federal and public members, the IACC helps to ensure that a wide range of ideas and perspectives are represented and discussed in a public forum. The committee reconvened in November 2015 to begin a new session under the Autism CARES Act.

The IACC mission is to:

• Provide advice to the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding Federal activities related to autism spectrum disorder.
• Facilitate the exchange of information on and coordination of ASD activities among the member agencies and organizations.
• Increase public understanding of the member agencies' activities, programs, policies, and research by providing a public forum for discussions related to ASD research and services.

IACC meetings are open to the public and include presentations and discussions on a variety of topics, including activities and projects of the IACC, recent advances in science and autism policy issues. A portion of each meeting is reserved for public comment. A summary of each meeting is posted on the meetings page.

Here is a link to the full meeting schedule of the July meeting of the IACC. The presentation by JaLynn Prince of MHAF begins at 3:52:15 and a presentation by Desiree Kameka on the Autism Housing Network (AHN) begins at 4:19:52. The AHN Website includes links to autism housing projects nationwide and answers questions about housing models and resources.