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Category Archives: News
Selected newsworthy articles about ASAN’s actions and statements on matters of public importance can be found here. Other categories of articles, along with past entries sorted by date and tag, can be accessed via the sitemap.
ASAN Files ADA Complaint on Communication Access in Schools
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA– As part of its new communication rights initiative, Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) has filed a groundbreaking complaint with the Department of Justice, seeking communication supports for five non-speaking autistic students in Arlington, Virginia. The Arlington Public Schools system (APS) has repeatedly denied these students’ requests to...
Posted in Community Services and Supports, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Inclusive Education and College, News, Press, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged aac, accommodations, communication rights, education, schools, segregation, self advocacy, supports
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ASAN Joins Letter Opposing Harmful Mental Health Bill
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has joined a letter led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights opposing legislation that would undermine protection and advocacy organizations for people with psychosocial disabilities, erode privacy protections, and increase institutionalization and coercive interventions. Although our mental health services system is...
Posted in Community Services and Supports, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Policy, Press, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged disability, H.R. 2646, health care, joint letters, legislation, Mental Health, policy, self advocacy
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Job Posting: Leadership Programs Coordinator
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is looking for a full-time Leadership Programs Coordinator. The Leadership Programs Coordinator works closely with ASAN leadership to plan and coordinate ASAN’s leadership trainings, support participants and alumni in their growth and advocacy following the trainings, and oversee ASAN’s broader leadership development and higher...
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Tagged ASAN news, job posting
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ASAN Testimony to Delaware Legislature
This text is available as a PDF here and a Word document here. On Wednesday, February 24th, ASAN President Ari Ne’eman gave the following testimony to the Delaware Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee: Members of the Committee, It is an honor to testify to you today. My name is...
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Tagged community living, inclusion, testimony
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ASAN Statement On The Sentencing Of J. McCabe
J. McCabe has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her autistic six year old son London McCabe. Ms. McCabe murdered London by throwing him off the Yaquina Bay Bridge in 2014, thereby ending his life. ASAN is pleased that the sentence is consistent with those...
ASAN Letter To State Of Florida Re: The Villages at Noah’s Landing
This letter is available as a PDF here. Justin Senior Deputy Secretary for Medicaid 2727 Mahan Drive Mail Stop #8 Tallahassee, FL 32308 Phone: (850) 412-4000 February 2016 Dear Mr. Senior, We are writing regarding a service delivery setting in Florida that we believe is not in compliance with...
ASAN Joint Statement on the Death of Kayden Clarke
We, the undersigned disability and LGBT rights organizations, strongly condemn the police shooting of Kayden Clarke, an Autistic transgender man, in his home on February 4 in Mesa, Arizona. Clarke, who identified as having Asperger’s Syndrome – a diagnosis on the autism spectrum – was killed by police who...
Posted in Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Press, Therapies and Health Care
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Tagged acceptance, disability, lgbt, Mental Health, murder, stigma
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ASAN, Disability Rights Ohio, and National Federation of the Blind Win Landmark Department of Labor Decision Against Sheltered Workshop
In a groundbreaking opinion issued yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor found that a sheltered workshop in Ohio had violated federal minimum wage laws by underpaying three of its workers with disabilities, including one autistic man. The opinion followed a petition that Autistic Self Advocacy Network filed along with...
Posted in ASAN in the News, Employment, News, Policy, Press
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Tagged disability, employment discrimination, segregation, subminimum wage
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Autistic Scholars Fellowship Recipients Announced!
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is very pleased to announce the recipients of our 2016 Autistic Scholars Fellowship! ASAN awards $5,000 tuition scholarships to 4 to 6 Autistic college students who demonstrate a strong commitment to disability rights advocacy, Autistic culture and community, and disability accessibility and inclusion on college campuses....
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Tagged autistic community, Autistic Scholars Fellowship, neurodiversity
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ASAN and Disability Advocates Endorse H.R. 3516
On Monday, January 11th, 2016 ASAN and the National Disability Leadership Alliance sent the following letter to Chairman Johnson, endorsing H.R. 3516. The letter is also available as a PDF. Dear Chairman Johnson: On behalf of the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) and allied organizations, we write to communicate our...
Posted in Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News
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Tagged Mental Health, SSA rep payee database
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