The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) has postponed its first meeting, according to an HHS spokesperson.
In a post on X, psychiatrist Sylvia Fogel, MD, a member of the committee, said members of the autism community have raised concerns and the committee is working to reschedule the meeting.
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee was created in 2000, according to the panel’s website. The committee advises federal agencies on autism research, services and policy. It operates under HHS and includes both federal officials and members of the public.
In January, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named 21 new members to the federal committee.
In March, a group of scientists created a shadow organization called the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee (I-ACC). According to the independent committee’s website, many members of the government panel “propound the false narrative that childhood vaccines cause autism.”
The I-ACC plans to develop a scientific agenda for the autism community amid concerns about the government’s newly appointed members to the advisory panel.
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