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'We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye ==Education== Rollens graduated from [[California State University, Northridge]]. ==Political career== During a 23-year career working within the [[California State Legislature]], Rollens served as a senator's chief of staff, as the chief consultant to the Senate Rules Committee, and as the director and creator of the state's Office of Senate Floor Analyses. ==Russell Rollens== Rollens suspects his son Russell's autism was [[vaccine injury]] induced, a view which is not supported by scientific evidence.<ref name=CNN>{{cite web|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/parenting/11/21/autism.mystery/|publisher=CNN |title=California's autism mystery deepens|author=Dornin, Rusty |date=November 21, 2002|accessdate=2007-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/the-parents-who-jumpstarted-autism-research-in-california/503078/ |title=The Parents Who Jump-Started Autism Research in California |last1=Wiener |first1=Jocelyn |last2=Spectrum |date=6 April 2016 |website=The Atlantic |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> After Russell's diagnosis in 1996, Rollens' life changed completely: his 23-year tenure with the Senate came to an end and he began to devote his working hours to the investigation of [[MMR vaccine controversy|vaccine injuries]] and autism. Russell and his parents were featured in a ''[[Newsweek]]'' cover story on autism on July 31, 2000.<ref>[http://www.unlockingautism.org/site/c.kiKTL8PMLrF/b.4343913/ UnlockingAutism.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101025037/http://www.unlockingautism.org/site/c.kiKTL8PMLrF/b.4343913/ |date=2009-01-01 }}</ref> ==M.I.N.D. Institute== Rollens is a co-founder of the M.I.N.D. Institute, founded in 1998.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scdd.ca.gov/programs_projects/mind_inst_99pr.htm|publisher=California State Council on Developmental Disabilities|work=UC Davis|title=Four Dads' Passion Leads to New University-Based Institute for Treating Autism and other Disorders: Team effort and relentless drive makes parents' vision a reality|date=March 19, 1999|accessdate=2007-11-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711070640/http://www.scdd.ca.gov/programs_projects/mind_inst_99pr.htm|archivedate=July 11, 2007}}</ref> The center is a collaboration—between the parents of children with [[autism spectrum]] disorders and UC Davis researchers—who have united in a quest to find the [[causes of autism]] and [[Autism therapies|treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders]]. Rollens says just pouring money into traditional autism research would not get them very far, "If we were going to wait for mainstream medicine to get around to finding a cure for our kids, we would all be old and gray and our kids would outlive us in their condition."<ref name=NPR>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=922834 |publisher=NPR.org|title=A New Approach to Autism: MIND Institute Sees Parents as Essential to a Cure|author=Hamilton, Jon|accessdate=2007-11-15}}</ref> ==See also== * [[List of vaccine topics]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{cite news|url=http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/7823498p-8764252c.html |title=Rapid spread of autism baffling: Increase creates a big financial burden for state, summit is told |author=Whitney, David |publisher=[[Sacramento Bee]] |date=November 21, 2003 |accessdate=2007-11-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813021009/http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/7823498p-8764252c.html |archivedate=August 13, 2007 |url-status=dead }} {{pervasive developmental disorders}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rollens, Rick}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:Activists from California]] [[Category:American health activists]] [[Category:American lobbyists]] [[Category:Autism activists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Granite Bay, California]]'