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ACTION ALERT: Call On Congress to Oppose H.R. 4631, the Combating Autism Re-Authorization Act

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Tomorrow at 2 PM, the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee will be taking a step to advance H.R. 4631, which would reauthorize the Combating Autism Act. The current version of the bill continues to exclude autistic people from the federal committee that oversees autism research (the Interagency Autism...

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Tell the FDA To Ban Aversive Conditioning Devices and Stop the Judge Rotenberg Center

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Dear Friends: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering an important action that would ban the use of devices that use electric shock for behavior modification. This action has the potential to close the Judge Rotenberg Center, an institution in Massachusetts which uses contingent electric shocks as a...

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#StopCombatingMe

| JuliaBascom
Nine years ago, Congress passed the Combating Autism Act (CAA), legislation that focused federal autism research and policy activities on creating a world without autistic people. In 2011, Congress re-authorized this deeply flawed legislation, over the objections of self-advocates and our families. Now, with the CAA set to expire...

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We Did It

| JuliaBascom
Hi folks, Two weeks ago, they said it couldn’t be done. They said including disabled workers now being paid less than minimum wage in the executive order President Obama had just announced guaranteeing a $10.10/hour minimum wage for federal contract workers was just not possible. Today, I’m standing in...

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2014 Joint Letter to the Sponsors of Autism Speaks

| JuliaBascom
To the Sponsors, Donors, and Supporters of Autism Speaks: We, the undersigned organizations representing the disability community, are writing to urge you to end your support for Autism Speaks. We profoundly appreciate your interest in supporting the autism and broader disability communities. Our work is about empowering and supporting...

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Daily Beast: Apologize for Calling Autistic Men Pedophiles

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Petition: Stop Promoting Hatred of Autistics

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Goodwill: Pay Disabled Workers a Real Wage

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APRAIS Drafts Letter on Funding for the Judge Rotenberg Center

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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...

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Petition Against the R-word

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