The Autistic Self Advocacy Network and several other disability rights organizations submitted a joint comment calling for the inclusion of autistic adults in all aspects of IACC’s decision-making process, research topic selection, research design and research implementation.
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman appeared in a Salon.com article on Sept. 18, 2008, about the use of demeaning language in the movie Tropic Thunder.
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman appeared in the story In Advocacy Realm, Specific Disabilities Gain in Prominence in the Sept. 17, 2008 issue of Education Week magazine.
Input from Autistic Adults Needed: Public comments on autism services and support can help to shape the priorities of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) in allocating research funds. ASAN has prepared background information and talking points for those who wish to comment.
ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson was interviewed for the article Autism into Adulthood: Making the Transition, which appeared in Social Work Today magazine’s September/October 2008 issue.
Complete Ban on Prone Restraint Advocated: ASAN Board Member Paula C. Durbin-Westby addressed the Florida Department of Education urging clarification and standardization of proposed regulations, and a complete ban on prone restraint, to better protect students with disabilities.
