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Category Archives: Self Advocacy and Representation
ASAN seeks to ensure meaningful involvement of Autistic self-advocates in making policy at all levels. Other category archives, along with past entries sorted by date and tag, can be accessed via the sitemap.
ASAN-AAC Statement on Autism Speaks’ DC “Policy Summit”
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), the leading national advocacy organization run by and for Autistic people speaking for ourselves, and the Association for Autistic Community (AAC), an Autistic-run organization focusing on advancing Autistic community and culture, issued the following statement on November 12th, 2013 regarding Autism Speaks’ “Autism...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged Autism Speaks, autistic community, representation
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Joint Letter in Response to 60 Minutes
Oct. 8, 2013 Jeffrey Fager Executive Producer 60 Minutes CBS Corporation 524 West 57th St. New York, NY 10019 Dear Mr. Fager: The undersigned organizations, together representing tens of thousands of individuals with psychiatric disabilities, family members, service providers, and advocates, write to express our great disappointment that CBS’...
Posted in Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged "Imminent Danger", 60 Minutes, CBS, community living, disability, E Fuller Torrey, joint letters, Mental Health, mental illness
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ASAN Congratulates 2013 Champions of Change
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Today at the White House, the disability community came together to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. At the celebration, 8 Champions of Change, representing the next generation of leaders in the Disability Rights movement, were named and honored. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is...
Posted in Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged Americans with Disabilities Act, autistic community, aversives and Judge Rotenberg Center, disability, growing up, representation
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Want to Bring Autism Acceptance Month to Your Community?
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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
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Tagged acceptance, allies, autistic community, autistic culture, neurodiversity
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ASAN is Now Accepting Applications for the 2013 Summer Leadership Academy
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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...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, Inclusive Education and College, News, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged autistic culture, college, disability, education, neurodiversity, self advocacy
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NDLA Letter to the Vice President’s Task Force to Curb Gun Violence
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Dear Vice President Biden: On behalf of the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA) and allied organizations, we write to communicate certain recommendations and concerns from the cross-disability community for consideration in your task force’s efforts to curb gun violence. NDLA is a coalition of 14 leading national disability organizations...
Posted in Changing Perceptions, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged disability, joint letters, representation
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It’s Here! Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking on Amazon!
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It’s here! A little less than a year since we started, the Loud Hands Project is proud to unveil our first anthology: Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking, now available on Amazon. This is an exciting time for the Loud Hands Project, and we want to share it with you....
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Perspectives, Publications, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged acceptance, advertising, autistic community, autistic culture, inclusion, neurodiversity, representation, self advocacy
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Update on November 29 Autism Hearing
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Today, November 29th, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on autism. ASAN has closely followed the news and information leading up to this hearing, and we have kept our supporters and members informed. Last week, we expressed our concern that the hearing initially excluded...
Posted in News, Research and Data Collection, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged representation, research, self advocacy
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Thank You! Congress Got the Message: Nothing About Us, Without Us!
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On November 29th, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be holding a hearing on autism. Invited witnesses include people from government agencies, parent autism advocacy organizations, AND Autistic self-advocacy organizations. We are pleased to report that the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform staff have...
Posted in Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged autistic community, inclusion, representation, self advocacy
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ASAN Statement on Upcoming House Autism Hearing
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued the following statement today regarding the upcoming House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on autism: “We’re profoundly concerned by the decision by the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform to convene a hearing on autism next week without the inclusion of...
Posted in Autistic Community and Allies, Disability Rights and Neurodiversity, News, Press, Self Advocacy and Representation
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Tagged autistic community, inclusion, representation
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