Help Advocate
Thank you for your interest in supporting work that aims to uncover the biochemical underpinnings of neurodivergence and the comorbidities. Your advocacy can make a significant impact by helping to spread the word. Here's how you can help:
Advocacy Tools for Awareness, Evaluation, and System Change
This page brings together the advocacy tools created to support clearer recognition of speech-related functional impairment, better access to evaluation and communication support, and broader awareness of the systems involved.
Find advocacy letters organized by audience, including doctors, educators, researchers, representatives, and broader public awareness.
Add your name to the petition calling for clearer recognition, evaluation, and support pathways related to functional speech impairment.
Use this page to identify the most relevant resource for your role, then share it directly with the people or systems you want to reach.
Petitions for Ethical Autism Research and Nonverbal Diagnostic Standards
These petitions call for greater accountability in autism research, including proper citation of autistic-led work, institutional respect for intellectual property, and standardized diagnostic pathways for nonspeaking and nonverbal individuals.
Hold Universities Accountable for Plagiarism and Citation Ethics
This petition calls for academic institutions to properly acknowledge autistic-led intellectual contributions, enforce ethical citation practices, and address the broader pattern of women’s scientific work being overlooked, dismissed, or misattributed.
- Proper citation of autistic-led research frameworks
- Institutional accountability for intellectual property concerns
- Ethical standards for autism research and attribution
Establish a Diagnostic and Prognostic Protocol for Nonverbal Individuals
This petition advocates for a defined pathway where inability to speak triggers functional evaluation of speech motor systems, clear diagnostic classification, and timely access to intervention, treatment, accommodation, and communication support.
- Functional diagnostic protocol for nonverbal individuals
- Prognostic guidance based on measurable speech-motor deficits
- Timely access to treatment and communication supports
Choose the Letter That Fits Your Audience
These letter templates are organized by audience so you can choose the version that best fits the person, system, or setting you want to reach.
Nonspecific Advocacy Letter
A general-purpose advocacy letter for broader audiences. This option is useful when you want to raise awareness without tailoring the language to a specific professional role.
View Letter →Doctor Letter
A letter designed for physicians and clinical professionals to support awareness of functional speech impairment, speech motor evaluation gaps, AAC access, and related clinical considerations.
View Letter →Educators Letter
A letter for teachers, school teams, and educational systems focused on NeuroToggle, a neuroplasticity-based instructional framework designed to support skill development by building, strengthening, timing, and expanding the neural pathways involved in learning and behavior.
View Letter →Researchers Letter
A letter for scientific and academic audiences that points readers toward the framework, tested mechanisms, and broader research questions surrounding autism, comorbid traits, and systems-level regulation.
View Letter →Representatives Letter
A letter for representatives and policymakers focused on systems change, advocacy priorities, clearer recognition of speech-related functional impairment, and pathways for broader structural action.
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