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Cure Autism Now, or CAN, is an American organization dedicated to finding a cure for autism by accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through fundraising for research projects, education and outreach. CAN was founded in 1995 by Portia Iversen and Jon Shestack, parents of an autistic son named Dov. CAN funds the world's largest repository of DNA samples for autism research, known as the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE). The organization is considered controversial by the autism rights movement which, based on the premise that autism is a difference in cognition rather than a disorder, rejects the notion that it should be cured and rejects the use of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as being an abusive practice, despite CAN's support of ABA and other skills-based therapies.
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