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Category Archives: News
Announcing the Launch of Autism Acceptance Month Website
We are excited to announce the launch of the new Autism Acceptance Month website for this April, as part of a history of campaigns by autistic people and our allies to shift the month’s focus from autism awareness to autism acceptance. The tagline for our Autism Acceptance Month website...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Changing Perceptions, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News
Tagged acceptance, autistic community, autistic culture, ignorance, neurodiversity
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ASAN Releases Policy Brief on Organ Transplant Discrimination
Twenty-three years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities continue to face persistent and ongoing discrimination and lack of access in health care settings. In response to numerous reports of discriminatory practices adversely impacting people with disabilities, ASAN has produced an analysis on discrimination...
Want to Bring Autism Acceptance Month to Your Community?
This April, ASAN will be working with activists and community members across the country to help launch Autism Acceptance Month, a celebration of Autistic culture and community. We want you to help us by organizing a local event in your area for Autism Acceptance Month and letting us know...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Self Advocacy and Representation
Tagged acceptance, allies, autistic community, autistic culture, neurodiversity
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ASAN Statement on Fein Study on Autism and “Recovery”
Recently, an article argued that some Autistic children reach what they call the “optimal outcome” of moving out of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study greatly concerns ASAN, both in terms of its inherent scientific limitations and the dangerous values framework behind it. Adults who clearly met criteria for...
Posted in News, Research and Data Collection
Tagged accommodations, community living, diagnosis, disability, research, services, supports, therapies
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ASAN is Now Accepting Applications for the 2013 Summer Leadership Academy
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is excited to announce the Autism Campus Inclusion project is now seeking applications for its 2013 Summer Leadership Academy. The training will take place in Washington, DC, June 9 to June 15, 2013. All expenses for the training are covered by the Autistic Self...
ASAN Thanks a Visionary Leader for Four Years of Trailblazing
On Wednesday, January 9th, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis submitted her resignation to President Obama. She was initially confirmed as Secretary of Labor in February of 2009. According to NPR, Solis said of her resignation, “Growing up in a large Mexican-American family in La Puente, California, I never imagined...
Posted in Changing Perceptions, News
Tagged accommodations, allies, disability, diversity hiring
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