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Disability Day of Mourning – Remember Lives Taken

February 19, 2013 | admin

Join Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Not Dead Yet, and the National Council on Independent Living in remembering people with disabilities who have lost their lives at the hands of their family members or caregivers. On March 1, 2013, we will remember those we have lost, and remind the world that...

Letter to Food and Drug Administration on the Judge Rotenberg Center

February 12, 2013 | admin

Margaret Hamburg Commissioner 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993 US Food and Drug Administration Dear Commissioner Hamburg: We, the undersigned representatives of the disability and human rights community, are writing to express our gratitude for your recent actions regarding the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts. It...

ASAN Statement on Fein Study on Autism and “Recovery”

January 23, 2013 | admin

Recently, an article argued that some Autistic children reach what they call the “optimal outcome” of moving out of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study greatly concerns ASAN, both in terms of its inherent scientific limitations and the dangerous values framework behind it. Adults who clearly met criteria for...

APRAIS Drafts Letter on Funding for the Judge Rotenberg Center

January 18, 2013 | admin

The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusions (APRAIS), in collaboration with ASAN and other disability advocacy organizations, has drafted the following letter to the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, as well as the Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services and Medicare and Medicaid Services. As...

ASAN is Now Accepting Applications for the 2013 Summer Leadership Academy

January 16, 2013 | admin

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is excited to announce the Autism Campus Inclusion project is now seeking applications for its 2013 Summer Leadership Academy. The training will take place in Washington, DC, June 9 to June 15, 2013. All expenses for the training are covered by the Autistic Self...

ASAN Thanks a Visionary Leader for Four Years of Trailblazing

January 16, 2013 | admin

On Wednesday, January 9th, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis submitted her resignation to President Obama. She was initially confirmed as Secretary of Labor in February of 2009. According to NPR, Solis said of her resignation, “Growing up in a large Mexican-American family in La Puente, California, I never imagined...

NDLA Letter to the Vice President’s Task Force to Curb Gun Violence

January 10, 2013 | admin

Dear Vice President Biden: On behalf of the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) and allied organizations, we write to communicate certain recommendations and concerns from the cross-disability community for consideration in your task force’s efforts to curb gun violence. NDLA is a coalition of 14 leading national disability organizations...

ASAN Statement on Media Reports Regarding Newtown, CT Shooting

December 14, 2012 | admin

In response to recent media reports that the perpetrator of today’s shooting in Newtown, Connecticut may have been diagnosed on the autism spectrum or with a psychiatric disability, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) issued the following statement today: “Our hearts go out to the victims of today’s shooting...

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Author Archives: admin

Disability Day of Mourning – Remember Lives Taken

Letter to Food and Drug Administration on the Judge Rotenberg Center

ASAN Statement on Fein Study on Autism and “Recovery”

APRAIS Drafts Letter on Funding for the Judge Rotenberg Center

ASAN is Now Accepting Applications for the 2013 Summer Leadership Academy

ASAN Thanks a Visionary Leader for Four Years of Trailblazing

NDLA Letter to the Vice President’s Task Force to Curb Gun Violence

ASAN Statement on Media Reports Regarding Newtown, CT Shooting

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