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Category Archives: ASAN in the News
Pennsylvania Video Produced
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
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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Autism in Literature and Popular Culture
ASAN’s Paula C. Durbin-Westby delivered a talk “Autism, Literature, and Popular Culture: The Curious Coincidence of Autism Metaphors Across Diverse Genres” to the Honors Program at Ashland University in Ohio. Click here to watch the talk....
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Demeaning Language Criticized
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman appeared in a Salon.com article on Sept. 18, 2008, about the use of demeaning language in the movie Tropic Thunder....
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Education Week Story
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman appeared in the story In Advocacy Realm, Specific Disabilities Gain in Prominence in the Sept. 17, 2008 issue of Education Week magazine....
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Interview on Transition Issues
ASAN’s Scott Michael Robertson was interviewed for the article Autism into Adulthood: Making the Transition, which appeared in Social Work Today magazine’s September/October 2008 issue....
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News Report on Services
ASAN’s Dora Raymaker was quoted in an Oregon Public Broadcasting news report on services for autistic people on Aug. 20, 2008. Click here to read the report....
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Ignorance about Autism Discussed
ASAN’s Ari Ne’eman and Scott Michael Robertson discussed public ignorance about autism on “Meet the Peetes” on the Oprah & Friends channel (XM-156) on XM Satellite Radio on Aug. 4, 2008, prior to Mr. Robertson’s presentation of a research seminar on college transition for autistic students at the National Autism Conference...
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Early Diagnosis and Education
ASAN President Ari Ne’eman commented on early diagnosis and education in a Wall Street Journal article on July 8, 2008....
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Neurodiversity and Self-advocacy Discussed
ASAN’s Ari Ne’eman and Scott Michael Robertson appeared on “Meet the Peetes” on the Oprah & Friends channel (XM-156) on XM Satellite Radio on June 11, 2008 to discuss neurodiversity, autistic self-advocacy, autistic rights, and major challenges facing the autistic adult community....
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