Treasury Minister Stephen Timms raises issue of Haiti Autism Clinic
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The Treasury Minister Stephen Timms MP who attended the London Service for Autism Sunday at All Saint's Church in Woodford Wells in the London Borough of Redbridge has contacted the Co-Founder of Autism Sunday to say that he has raised the issue of the Autism Clinic in Haiti with his colleagues in HM Government.

Ivan Corea issed a call for Her Majesty's Government to help poor families and people with autism and Asperger's Syndrome in the United Kingdom and to re-build the Autism Clinic in Haiti. The call was issued on Autism Sunday, at the London Service for Autism Sunday on 14th February.

The Autism Clinic in Los Palis was completely demolished in the recent earthquake. It is feared that many families with autism have also perished in the earthquake. Ivan Corea thanked Britain's Treasury Minister Stephen Timms MP for raising the issue of the Autism Clinic. He said it was heartbreaking to see the disabled in Haiti lying dying and starving on the road, with no one coming to help them. They were helpless and abandoned.

Autism campaigners have urged the Government not to walk by on the other side and help re-build the Autism Clinic in Haiti and reach out to the most vulnerable in Haiti, one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere.