2. Stan Kurtz has been hired as full-time Executive Director of the organization and has also joined the Board of Directors.
Mr. Kurtz was a crisis counselor and a development and technology executive prior to leaving those fields to recover his son from autism and take on leadership roles in the community. Mr. Kurtz developed Methyl-B-12 Nasal Spray therapy, and his research and advocacy continues to highlight the collective relationship between infections and toxins to autism, ADHD and many chronic illnesses. Mr. Kurtz is the founder of Children's Corner School (http://www.childrenscornerschool.com/stankurtz.htm) in Van Nuys, California, a unique school that focuses on research, health, nutrition and a green school environment as a foundation for child development. In talking about Generation Rescue, Mr. Kurtz said, "I'm excited to be a part of a forward thinking organization that already has more than 450 volunteer families helping parents get started on the path to recovery. The reality of recovery for many more children is here, and parents have been the catalyst. It's up to us to bridge the gap between our children's plight and the global awareness needed to heal our children and prevent further incidents of autism and related disorders."
3. A leading initiative to fund research into biomedical treatments for autism, ADHD and related illnesses has been implemented.
"Many families are needlessly suffering while children are being
refused treatment. We have compelling evidence, through reports from
hundreds if not thousands of families that individualized biomedical
interventions are recovering children with autism, including my son and
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