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ASAN Public Comment on Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act

| MegEvans

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly supports the proposed regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which will strengthen employment protections and require affirmative action for individuals with disabilities seeking employment with federal contractors....

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New Proposed Regulations to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act

| MegEvans

The Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has proposed new regulations strengthening Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires federal contractors to engage in affirmative action to hire people with disabilities. We need you to speak up in support!...

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Declaración Conjunta de ASAN y Sociedad de Autismo sobre DSM-5

| MegEvans

Uno de los principios principales de profesión médica siempre ha sido, “Primeramente, no haz daño.” Como tal, es necessario que los criterios del DSM-5 se han estructurado en tal manera para asegurar que las personas que han calificado o que habrían calificado por un diagnóstico con el DSM-IV mantienen...

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ASAN Condemns Presidential Appointment of Anti-Vaccine Activist Peter Bell

| MegEvans

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has expressed concern and disappointment over anti-vaccine activist Peter H. Bell's appointment to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, in contrast to the forward motion the Obama administration has shown in the areas of autism and disability as a whole....

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Sign the petition against school abuse

| MegEvans

ASAN intern Lydia Brown started a petition against school abuse, which more than 150,000 people signed, after a teacher put an Autistic child in a bag with a drawstring in a school hallway. Lydia Brown was interviewed along with ASAN volunteer Landon Bryce for a national news article....

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ACTION ALERT: Speak Out Against Chemical Restraint

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A New York Times article has documented the systemic overuse of psychotropic medication by New York's residential service-provision system for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Please take the time to send a message to the State of New York that chemical restraint is never appropriate...

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Happy Holidays from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network

| MegEvans

From our Navigating College handbook to our Symposium with Harvard Law School on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Autism Research, this has been an exciting year for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. We celebrated our fifth anniversary, engaged in advocacy on critical issues...

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U.S. Labor Department Proposes Federal Contract Hiring Goal for Workers with Disabilities

| MegEvans

The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing a new rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to set a hiring goal of having 7 percent of their workforces be people with disabilities, among other requirements. The department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs invites public comment...

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What I need and want

| MegEvans

Alicia Lile says: I want to be loved and accepted. I wish others to tell me that it’s wonderful that I was born. I feel guilty of existing, tell me I am wrong....

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