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Category Archives: Blog
The ASAN blog includes personal stories of acceptance, self-advocacy, and community, with a particular focus on showing the lived impact of our work.
2016 ASAN Gala: Speeches and Award Ceremonies
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Below are links to videos and transcripts of speeches given at the 2016 ASAN Gala by our President and our Incoming Executive Director, and videos and transcripts of our award ceremonies. In 2016, we gave the following awards: Ally of the Year, the Harriet McBryde Johnson Award for Non-Fiction...
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Tagged 2016 ASAN gala, gala
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ASAN’s 2016 Annual Report
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a national grassroots disability rights organization run by and for Autistic Americans, advocating for systems change and ensuring that the voices of Autistic people are heard in policy debates and the halls of power. Our staff work to educate communities and improve public...
Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, LGBT Groups Release Statement on Needs of Trans Autistic People
Today, the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and the National Center for Transgender Equality released a joint statement about the needs of transgender and gender non-conforming autistic people and launched a social media campaign with the hashtag #AutisticTransPride to highlight transgender autistic voices and leadership. Earlier...
Posted in Blog, Changing Perceptions, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Policy, Press, Self Advocacy and Representation, Therapies and Health Care
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Tagged health care, lgbt, Mental Health, neurodiversity, services, stereotypes, stigma, transgender
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A voice for all: Why I’m fighting to help Autistic students access the form of communication that works best for them.
This March, I filed a complaint with the Department of Justice on behalf of five non-speaking autistic students in Arlington, VA who use letter-boards to communicate (or, as one of these students has dubbed them, the “Arlington Five”). These students are only a few of the many non-speaking autistic...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Blog, Changing Perceptions, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Inclusive Education and College, Policy, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged aac, accommodations, communication supports, education, inclusion, policy, research, self advocacy, stereotypes, supports
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Morénike Giwa-Onaiwu: I Suck At Introductions, But Here’s Mine :)
Enthusiastic two hand wave, gentle (or tight) hugs, fist bump of solidarity, or whatever greetings you prefer! I’m glad to be here with all of you. For those of you who do not know me, I’m Morénike, the newest ASAN Board member. I have been involved in autistic advocacy...
Remarks from DDOM Founder Zoe Gross at the DC Vigil
I believe everyone should be loved. I believe everyone should be safe. I believe all our lives have value. I believe murder is wrong. I believe the dead should be mourned. I believe we should say their names. Every year I sit down to write and I think that...
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ASAN’s 2015 Annual Report
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a national grassroots disability rights organization run by and for Autistic Americans, advocating for systems change and ensuring that the voices of Autistic people are heard in policy debates and the halls of power. Our staff work to educate communities and improve public...
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Tagged autistic community, self advocacy
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Segregated Farmsteads in Arizona Aren’t “Community-Based”
Yesterday, ASAN wrote a letter to Arizona’s Medicaid agency urging it not to classify segregated “farmsteads” as community-based settings. Unlike traditional farms, autism-specific farmsteads are segregated, disability-specific settings where people work for less than minimum wage, and where people have few or no opportunities to work side by side...
Posted in Blog, Community Services and Supports, Employment, News, Policy
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Tagged acceptance, community living, disability, inclusion, Medicaid, services, subminimum wage, supports
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ASAN Statement on GOP Primary Debate Comments on Autism and Vaccination
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Despite a wealth of scientific evidence debunking any link between autism and vaccinations, tonight’s Republican primary debate featured prominent commentary from a leading candidate repeating inaccurate information suggesting a link. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is disappointed that long after the science has spoken, politicians and pundits continue to...
Posted in Blog, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Press, Research and Data Collection, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged ignorance, research
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ASAN is Beating The Odds
Last week, ASAN sponsored Elly Wong, an incoming freshman at Syracuse University, to attend the First Lady’s Beating The Odds summit as part of the #ReachHigher initiative. Here is what Elly had to say about the experience: The White House, evidently, believes in us. [A person named Elly Wong...
