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Comments on Proposed New Jersey Autism Registry

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Changes Needed in Autism Registry Proposal: The Division of Family Health Services has proposed new rules and amendments at N.J.A.C. 8:20 to establish a birth defects registry, which would include an autism registry and a severe neonatal jaundice registry. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has several concerns about the...

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Disability Studies Article

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ASAN President Ari Ne’eman and Columbia University Professor Alicia A. Broderick co-authored “Autism as metaphor: narrative and counter-narrative,” which was published in a special issue of The International Journal of Inclusive Education (Volume 12, Issue 5/6) devoted to Disability Studies in Education....

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Pennsylvania Video Produced

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ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson was among several autistic adults featured in Second Look: Adults With Autism: Autism Affects Every Person Differently, a 17-minute video produced by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare’s Bureau of Autism Services. The video can be obtained free from the Bureau of Autism Services by sending...

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Public Service Announcement Filmed

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The filming of a national public service announcement about autism jointly produced by the Dan Marino Foundation and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network was reported on WTVF-TV in Nashville, Tennessee.  The PSA, entitled “No Myths,” can be seen along with other videos on our YouTube page....

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Comments at November 21, 2008 IACC Meeting

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Expanding Focus on Whole Individual: While NIMH and the IACC are obviously not first and foremost service-delivery organizations, the goal of all scientific research into any disabling conditions should ultimately be the application of that research to real-life situations in ways that directly benefit the subjects of that research....

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PETA Billboard Removed

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Exploitative and Misleading Billboard Withdrawn: A billboard created by PETA misinformed the public about the autism spectrum by falsely implying that milk consumption was the cause of autism. Our community came together to communicate the need for a swift withdrawal of this ill-informed piece of advertising....

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Joint Comment on the IACC Draft Strategic Plan 2008

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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....

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