Note: This blog is part of a flashblog for #StopCombatingMe, a petition to ask Congress to reform the Combating Autism Act or let it expire. The petition itself is here and the flashblog information is here. The purpose of the petition and the flashblogs are to change the focus of autism policy from "combatting" a "disease" to integrating, and providing appropriate services to, people with a disability. Instead of spending the majority of the budget on genetic research aimed at preventing autism, we aim for an approach that better serves the autistic people who already exist: more services and service research; more focus on access to education and careers; and coverage of adolescents and adults as well as young children.