ASAN has released a new resource for its toolkit on health coverage for autism-related services. The resource, which is aimed at Medicaid plan administrators, will help plan administrators develop and expand coverage for autism services such as communication supports, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. ASAN released a resource on...
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October 28, 2015 Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced its Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell’s appointment of ASAN Director of Public Policy Sam Crane to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). The IACC is a Federal advisory committee that coordinates research and services programs within the Department...
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the nation’s leading advocacy organization by and for autistic people ourselves, announced today its support for provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) that would help people with disabilities enter the workforce without risking total loss of social security benefits. ASAN opposes other provisions...
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This letter is available as a Word document and as a PDF. Comments Regarding Betty’s Village Proposal The Autistic Self Advocacy Network opposes the request of Betty’s Village to receive HCBS (Home and Community-Based Services) funding from Nevada’s Division of Health Care Financing and Policy (DHCFP). The Autistic Self...
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network praises the US Department of Education for its newly issued Final Rule, eliminating the ability of states to apply assessments based on modified academic achievement standards for 2 percent of students. The shift away from modified assessments represents an important affirmation of the need...
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), the nation’s leading advocacy organization by and for autistic individuals ourselves, applauds the recent announcement by the United States Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services regarding their partnership to help child welfare agencies remain in compliance with federal civil...
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The Atlanta Chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network strongly condemns the state of Georgia’s illegal segregation of students with disabilities, violating Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The United States Department of Justice’s recent letter of findings, which identified widespread segregation of children with disabilities at school,...
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This letter is available as a PDF here. August 10th, 2015 Thomas Wheeler Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20554 Dear Chairman Wheeler, The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), the leading autistic advocacy organization run by autistic people, asks that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
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I write as Director of Public Policy of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), and a member of the Board of Not Dead Yet, to oppose the Death with Dignity Act. Physician-assisted suicide legislation endangers people with disabilities, including disabilities resultIng from illness. Supporters frequently focus on the “indignity” of needing help...
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network applauds Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Robert Casey (D-PA) for the introduction of the Transition to Independence Act (S.1604). This legislation will create a ten-state demonstration program, within which states will receive bonus payments from the federal government for achieving increases...
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