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Category Archives: ASAN in the News
BBC World Service Interview
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman was interviewed on Weekend World Today on BBC World Service. Listen to the interview here....
Posted in ASAN in the News, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity
Tagged disability
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CNN Newsroom Interview
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman appeared as a guest on CNN Newsroom to discuss his appointment to the National Council on Disability. Read the transcript by clicking here....
Posted in ASAN in the News, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity
Tagged disability
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Salt Lake Tribune Article
ASAN’s Dora Raymaker discussed the importance of relationships and the mutual effort needed for understanding of differences and respectful communication....
Posted in ASAN in the News, Family Law and Relationships
Tagged communication, relationships
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Wired.com Interview
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman gave an exclusive interview to Wired.com editor Steve Silberman about the shift in the national dialogue on autism toward issues of civil rights, services, and support....
Posted in ASAN in the News, Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Self Advocacy and Representation
Tagged autistic community, neurodiversity, representation, self advocacy
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Improving Health Care
ASAN’s Paula C. Durbin-Westby was quoted in a HealthLeaders article on providing better health care services to the Autistic population by means of care coordination programs. Medical providers need to consider all possible causes for the reason why a person is seeking their services, rather than simply assuming that it must...
Posted in ASAN in the News, Therapies and Health Care
Tagged health care
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Virginia Budget Controversy
In the Charlottesville Daily Progress, Paula C. Durbin-Westby of ASAN stated her opposition to proposed budget cuts that would hurt people with disabilities....
Posted in ASAN in the News, Community Services and Supports
Tagged segregation, services, supports
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New Scientist Interview
ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson was quoted in a New Scientist article on the revision of the diagnostic criteria to provide for a single autism spectrum classification. He also was interviewed for an Education Week blog entry on this topic....
Posted in ASAN in the News, Therapies and Health Care
Tagged diagnosis
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Baltimore Sun Article
ASAN’s Paula C. Durbin-Westby discussed the importance of self-advocacy to ensure those on the autism spectrum are treated properly. A public focus on the question of what causes autism has been a distraction from the need for services and other pressing issues....
Posted in ASAN in the News, Self Advocacy and Representation
Tagged self advocacy
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Autism Speaks Controversy in Time.com
ASAN’s ongoing protests against Autism Speaks and condemnation of the “I Am Autism” video were discussed in a Time.com article, which also mentioned the numerous parodies and video responses created by the self-advocate community....
Posted in ASAN in the News, Changing Perceptions
Tagged Autism Speaks, protests
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