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Category Archives: Blog
ASAN Ranked in Top 10 National Disability Non-Profits!
ASAN is thrilled to announce that we have been ranked sixth of all nonprofits advocating for people with disabilities in Philanthropedia’s 2013 national rankings....
Posted in Blog, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Self Advocacy and Representation
Tagged disability, self advocacy
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Autism Acceptance, Flowering
by Meg Evans After a long chilly winter in the northern United States, springtime finally made its appearance, as the weather turned much warmer this week. Flowers are opening, birds are chirping, and a pleasant breeze is blowing in through the open windows. This past winter’s snow and howling...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Blog, Changing Perceptions, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity
Tagged acceptance, autistic community, ignorance, inclusion, neurodiversity
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Henry on Inclusion
by Henry Frost The right to inclusion is a basic civil right for all people. I am a person. I have these rights. “I Stand WITH Henry” on Facebook and the change.org petition show how many people with disabilities and without disabilities know this. I did not know about...
Posted in Blog, Inclusive Education and College
Tagged education, henry, Henry Frost, I stand with Henry, inclusion
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Protesting
by Katie Miller Protests exhaust me, but not in the way you might think. Granted, it is a lot of work to prepare. The night before ASAN’s recent protest of Walk Now for Autism Speaks, a handful of us were making posters and researching the data to make sure...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Blog, Self Advocacy and Representation
Tagged Autism Speaks, Autism Walks, protests
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Autistics Speaking Day 2012: Reclaiming Voice
by Ari Ne’eman Holidays are funny things – they come around once a year, and remind us of feelings and ideas that we shouldn’t have ever let ourselves forget. Whether it’s Thanksgiving gratitude or July 4th patriotism, we turn to holidays not because the day itself matters, but because...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Blog, Changing Perceptions, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Self Advocacy and Representation
Tagged acceptance, autistic community, autistic culture, Autistics Speaking Day, community living, disability, inclusion, neurodiversity, representation, segregation, self advocacy
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Calling People the R word
by Alyssa Trigger Warning: R-slur as an insult, discussion of such (censored except in quotations and in a screen shot.) This is how we begin, sort of: I say sort of because this isn’t really a beginning, it’s a reflection. It’s a reflection of what we as a society...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Blog, Perspectives, Self Advocacy and Representation
Tagged ann coulter, disability, hate speech, the r-word
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What is an Ally?
by Kassiane S. Hang around any civil rights type discussion for any length of time and you’ll hear talk of allies. Not allies like “the side the US fought for in World War II’” but allies the individual people. So what is an ally? An ally is a person...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Blog
Tagged allies, perspectives
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ASAN-Kentucky Comment on New HCBS Waiver Regulations
by Kristen Guin, ASAN-Kentucky I am writing on behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network regarding the recent proposed new administrative regulations (907 KAR 12:010) for Kentucky’s Supports for Community Living 1915(c) Medicaid waiver. We are pleased to support the following segment on employment for individuals with disabilities. Section 4(9)(b)(4)(e):...
Posted in Blog, Community Services and Supports
Tagged Medicaid, supports
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Joint Letter to Gov. Gregoire Urging Against Appealing M.R. v. Dreyfus to the Supreme Court
August 28, 2012 Dear Governor Gregoire: On behalf of the undersigned national disability rights and aging organizations representing millions of Americans with disabilities, we strongly urge you not to file a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of M.R. v. Dreyfus. 1 Filing a petition for...
Posted in Blog, Community Services and Supports
Tagged services, supports
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